India, Jan. 15 -- ViratVirat Kohli's 23 in Rajkot in the second ODI vs New Zealand looked like one of those "he got in. then got out" moments that instantly becomes a talking point.

But if you zoom out and treat getting out in the 20s as a proper data problem, it actually ends up reading like a compliment to his ODI career - not a flaw.

Across Kohli's ODI career, he has:

Those 47 not outs matter, because they tell you how many times he actually got dismissed:

298 innings - 47 not outs = 251 dismissals

Now let us see this through the 20s lens:

Kohli has 27 ODI innings where he finished between 20 and 29. Only two of those were not outs. So, he has been dismissed in the 20s exactly 25 times.

Here is what those 25 dismissals in the 20...