On this tour of Australia, Virat Kohli has scored 184 runs in 8 innings of 5 matches at an average of 26.29. He has been out 7 times. The method of getting out has not changed.
The Indian team is also on the backfoot in the 5th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India’s top order once again failed on the first day of the Sydney Test. Virat Kohli’s bat did not work again. He was out after scoring 17 runs in 69 balls. Scott Boland dismissed him for the fourth time. For the first time in his 123-match career, Kohli was out without hitting a boundary after playing so many balls.
The first blow to the Indian team came in the 5th over. KL Rahul was out after scoring 4 runs on the ball of Mitchell Starc. After this, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on the fourth ball of the 8th over. Scott Boland almost dismissed Virat Kohli on the very next ball. The ball took the edge of the bat and went into slip. Steve Smith dived and pounced on the ball. Marnus Labuschagne took the catch. The third umpire felt that when Smith threw the ball up, it had hit the ground.
Kohli returned to the pavilion. After this, Virat Kohli played cautiously. He stayed till lunch. Shubman Gill threw away his wicket on the last ball of the first session. He scored 20 runs on 64 balls. Nathan Lyon got the wicket. Virat Kohli was out after lunch. Once again the ball took the edge of his bat and was caught by Beau Webster at slip. Kohli once again returned to the pavilion, leaving India in the lurch. He scored 17 runs on 69 balls. For the first time in his career of 123 matches and 209 innings, Kohli could not score a boundary after facing so many balls.
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