Star India batter Virat Kohli was dismissed for an 8-ball 7 within the first innings of the second Check in opposition to Australia in Adelaide on Friday. Recent from smashing his thirtieth Check century final week in Perth, Kohli didn’t ship within the first installment of the pink-ball Check on Day 1, perishing in opposition to a wanting size supply from Mitchell Starc that rose sharply and caught him at slips. The dismissal was just like his wicket within the 1st innings in Perth when Josh Hazlewood troubled him with the same ball, inducing an inside edge that was gathered at slip.
Mitchell Starc sends Virat Kohli packing!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/2AzNllS7xT
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 6, 2024
Kohli’s dismissal sparked a meme fest on social media, with the followers additionally questioning his method.
Virat Kohli #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/g0nVnZiGbU
— KyaBaatHai (@Homelander_101) December 6, 2024
The way it feels seeing Virat Kohli bat as of late pic.twitter.com/1cVLsu6ie2
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) December 6, 2024
Virat Kohli #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/MBsW69ynrO
— Lalit Gour (@lalitgrateful) December 6, 2024
Mitchell Starc
Jalwa dikha diya , aj ni to kal carry out wapas aana hello tha inka . #INDvsAUS Virat Kohli in 2024 – document
46, 12, 29, 0, 1, 4, 0, 24, 37, 0, 9, 76, 24, 14, 20, 6, 17, 47, 29*, 0, 70, 1, 17, 4, 1, 5, 100*, 7.It is excellent time to retirement..
Mitchell… pic.twitter.com/4mCtFI9V0h
— Gani (@GanpatMansuriya) December 6, 2024
Starc was at his greatest as he landed well timed blows earlier than the break as India squandered a promising begin to attain 82 for 4 at tea.
That was after a 69-run stand between Rahul (37 off 64 balls) and Shubman Gill (31 off 51).
It obtained worse for India when Scott Boland had a effectively set Gill plumb in entrance with a full ball on the stumps. In a outstanding of flip occasions, India misplaced their final three wickets for 12 runs.
Sitting comfortably within the dressing room minutes in the past, skipper Rohit Sharma was pressured to enter the sector and was batting on 1 alongside Rishabh Pant (4 batting) on the break. Rohit determined to drop himself down the order to accommodate Rahul on the prime.
It was a reasonably dramatic begin to the proceedings after India opted to bat on a pitch with respectable grass cowl.
Gill was the final one to be dismissed within the session as he missed an tried flick off Boland to be trapped in entrance.
(With PTI Inputs)
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