Virat Kohli tipped to 'come back strong' after another golden duck in heavy IPL defeat

Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Sanjay Bangar has no doubt Virat Kohli will "come back strong" after the star batsman fell to a second successive golden duck in his team's nine-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Saturday.

Kohli, who also fell to a first-ball duck against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday, came to the crease in the second over after South African pace bowler Marco Jansen bowled Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis for five.

The former Indian captain pushed hard at a ball angled across him by the left-arm quick and edged to Aiden Markram at second slip, who took a comfortable catch.

Kohli, the standard bearer for Indian cricket who has been replaced by Rohit Sharma as India's captain across formats, has now scored just 119 runs from eight matches.

"He is somebody who has performed consistently for a number of years at this franchise. I think he is going through a rough patch in the sense things are not going his way at the moment," Bangar said. "It a tough phase for him certainly but we are very confident that he will come back strong."

Former India coach Ravi Shastri had suggested that an "overcooked" Kohli should take a break from the sport, but Bangar said he is taking enough breaks – in international cricket – and needs "a bit of luck to get going".

Three balls after Kohli's dismissal, the same Jansen-Markram combination accounted for opener Anuj Rawat to leave Bangalore reeling at 8-3. Jansen finished with 3-25 from his four overs.

Bangalore were unable to recover and kept losing wickets, getting bowled out for 68 runs – the lowest total of this season in 16.1 overs. It was the sixth lowest total ever in the IPL. Only Glenn Maxwell (12) and Suyash Prabhudessai