Kohli’s performance was very poor in the last two Test series and Team India suffered a shameful defeat in the last two series. New Zealand came to India last year and made Team India a clean sweep 3–0 in the three-match Test series. In this series, Kohli scored 93 runs in six innings of three matches at an average of 15.50. At the same time, on the tour of Australia, Kohli was able to score 190 runs in nine innings of five matches. This includes a century. Kohli scored a century in the first Test in Perth. After this, he could score only 90 runs in eight innings. Kohli was dismissed eight times and seven times he was out on the ball going out of the off stump.