Unusual run: Virat Kohli struggling in Indian Premier League

If Virat Kohli's name wasn't attached to that sequence of batting scores in the world's richest cricket league, selectors may already have run out of patience. But Kohli has runs on the board in so many other ways. He is India's most accomplished batter, with more than 10,000 runs in limited-overs formats, and he carries loads of experience.

Virat Kohli. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)Kohli gave up the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of this Indian Premier League season while promising to serve the franchise as a player. Most cricket pundits thought that removing the burden of leading Bangalore -- which has never won the title in the lucrative Twenty20 league -- would bring the best out of Kohli. But it hasn't clicked. His tally of runs stood at 216 from 12 games when he picked up his third golden duck on the weekend against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The slick cover drives for which Kohli is famous seem to be a stroke he has forgotten to execute with that utmost precision. Just 20 boundaries in 12 games is evidence of master batter's struggles against the bowlers.

Virat Kohli. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)Kohli even tried his luck to regain form by opening for Bangalore after a barren run at No. 3. His first two golden ducks -- against Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad -- came at No. 3 while facing the pace bowlers. He upped the ante, moving up to open the innings and posting his only half century of this tournament against Gujarat Titans. A 58-run knock off 53 balls at a strike-rate of 109.43 was not enough to save his team from a six-wicket defeat. He batted until the 17th over before Mohammed Shami dismissed him with a yorker. After Kohli's first first-ball duck in the tournament, former India head coach Ravi