New Delhi: Virat Kohli’s poor form continued in Australia as the star batter was dismissed for just five runs in the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday. A short of a length delivery from Hazlewood saw Kohli edging the ball to Usman Khawaja in slip.
Kohli has been struggling to score runs for a very long time. In the home Test series against New Zealand, he only scored just 93 runs in the six innings. India lost 4 big wickets in the first session and managed to score just 51 runs in 25 overs.
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood removed Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal on a duck. Hazlewood dismissed Kohli on 5 runs and picked up his second wicket, while Mitchell Starc removed KL Rahul on 25 runs. After losing the home Test series against New Zealand by 3-0, team India need to win at least four Test matches to qualify for the third consecutive World Test Championship (WTC) final.
Here’s how fans reacted on Virat Kohli’s failure in Perth
It hurts more than Breakup! 💔
Virat Kohli gone for 5(12) 😢#INDvsAUS #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/KIOCgdVJQW
— Asjad (@mohd_asjad_) November 22, 2024
Woke up at 7 yet still late for work. Virat Kohli already gone. Bad start to the day #BGT2024 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/ELaHWpFsNg
— Mars 🚀✨ (@stillinsearch__) November 22, 2024
Virat Kohli 😭#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/NQIpXk9Q2i
— Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) November 22, 2024
Test batting average since January 2020:
Ravindra Jadeja – 34.77
Virat Kohli – 31.23
Guess who’s burden. ☹️ https://t.co/KXgvjTiZSR
— 🐜 (@AnantEverything) November 22, 2024
London boy Virat Kohli 🤡#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/AqGZnUsKFY
— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) November 22, 2024
Rarely seen Virat Kohli play a more anxiety-ridden knock in Australia than this one. Edgy, nervy & just never looked settled. Almost too desperate #AusvInd
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) November 22, 2024
Highest batting average for an Asian batsman at Perth
Virat Kohli: 52.80
Sachin Tendulkar: 37.66
This is the 1st time Virat got out for a single digit at Perth 😕 pic.twitter.com/J7QMeHNL0Q
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) November 22, 2024
Virat Kohli was dismissed for just 5 runs in the first Test against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
