Virat Kohli's MRF bat in Australia is nearly five times the price of Coldplay's India concert tickets

Just to give you an idea of the price range, the highest priced tickets for Coldplay's upcoming concert in Ahmedabad were listed at ₹35,000. As mentioned by Australian podcaster and YouTuber Norman Kochanek in one of his videos, the bat endorsed by Virat Kohli is currently on sale at a Greg Chappell Cricket Centre outlet for 2985 AUD, with Kohli's signature featured on the sticker.

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Australia has been a happy hunting ground for Kohli but the former India captain has looked woefully out of touch in Test cricket of late. Kohli consistently averaged above 55 every year in Tests between 2016 and 2019. In fact, he averaged more than 75 in 2016 and 2017 and 68.00 in 2019.

However, his annual Test average has crossed 50 just once in the years since. Kohli averaged 19.33 in 2020, 28.21 in 2021, 26.50 in 2022, 55.91 last year and 22.72 thus far this year. He has scored just two centuries in the last five years, both of which came in 2023.

Kohli's lack of form and manner of dismissals have been among the central talking points during and since India's historic whitewash at the hands of New Zealand at home earlier this month. However, he would be hoping to return to form in Australia where he has an incredible record. He has scored 1,352 runs in 13 matches at an average of 54.08, including six centuries and another four fifties in his 25 innings.