Virat Kohli: In the first ODI against Australia, Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Team India could score only 136 runs in 26 overs. Meanwhile, Kohli also suffered a big loss. He also put the team in trouble.
Virat Kohli Ind vs Aus 1st ODI: King Virat Kohli, who is returning to Team India after a long time, had a very bad start. In the first ODI match against Australia, he was out without opening the account. All the fans were waiting to see a big inning from Virat’s bat after a long time, but a brilliant ball from Mitchell Starc sent him to the pavilion with the score of 0. After getting out in Perth, there has been a big impact in Kohli’s ODI career statistics. He would hardly have expected such a thing from himself.
Virat Kohli’s bat did not work in front of Mitchell Starc
Virat Kohli is called the king of ODI cricket, who has scored the most centuries in world cricket. He has a total of 51 centuries in his name. But, against Australia in Perth, he came to bat and went back to 0. What happened was that Mitchell Starc was caught out on the first ball of the 7th over. While trying to cut the ball going out and hit a four, he got caught by the fielder standing at the backward point. Meanwhile, there was a big change in his figures.
Kohli’s ODI career declines as soon as he gets out on 0.
Actually, before this match, Virat Kohli’s average in his ODI career was 50.04. But, now it has fallen below 50. After being out on 0 against Australia, Kohli’s average has become 49.14. This is a huge loss for them. King of ODI Virat has been maintaining an average of 50+ since the beginning. Now after coming down from this, even his supporters are shocked. India also suffered a big loss due to his early dismissal.
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Team India’s innings got stuck at just 136 against Australia.
The effect of Virat Kohli’s dismissal was also visible on his team India. In the rain-affected match, India scored 136 runs losing 9 wickets in 26 overs. Apart from Virat, Rohit Sharma scored 8, Shubman Gill 10, Shreyas Iyer, 11, Washington Sundar 10, Harshit Rana 1 and Arshdeep Singh scored 0 runs. To reach this score, KL Rahul contributed 38 runs off 31 balls, Akshar Patel 31 runs and Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 19 runs off 11 balls.
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