Wrong'un is right for Kohli and de Villiers

These are batsmen of such great stature that their emphatic dismissals stand out in memories. And when it happens so often, even Shreyas Gopal's reaction of disbelief is not enough to make you look away. In their clashes last IPL, Shreyas removed AB de Villiers twice and Virat Kohli once. In the first match of this IPL, too, he took them out both with wrong'uns. And he might have had Kohli lbw a ball before he bowled him. It is clear neither of them is picking the wrong'un.

Here are the numbers. De Villiers averages 5.2 and strikes at 83.87 against the wrong'un in IPL since the last edition. Kohli averages six and strikes at 104.35. Later, in the chase, Ajinkya Rahane, too, fell to a wrong'un from Yuzvendra Chahal.

And it is not just them: last year MS Dhoni and KL Rahul struggled badly too. You don't see either Kohli or de Villiers struggling against the wrong'un in Tests. So it is quite possible that they watch it less closely in the shortest format where the focus is on hitting it.

Experts on Star Sports' "Dugout" believe if you are not picking the wrong'un, you can either move your guard across a little to cover the stumps a little, and with some bowlers - such as Shreyas and M Ashwin - play them as offspinners and let the legbreak, which they bowl about as regularly as the wrong'un, beat the outside edge.

Link Source : http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26423517/wrongun-right-virat-kohli-ab-de-villiers