Kohli has been very unlucky from the start. Whenever the target is low and the pitch is flat, the openers score most of the runs, so he never gets any free runs tbh. When he comes in 1 or 2 wickets down early, you know the pitch isn’t easy because we have quality openers who have already gotten out. If Kohli hadn’t missed these free runs, he might have already crossed Sachin’s total international runs.