A Big Expectation from Kohli
Everyone is a fan of the Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli. Every legend of the cricket world praises his batting. In the second test match played against New Zealand in Pune, a big innings was expected from Kohli in difficult times but Kohli made such a childish mistake that whoever saw it banged his head. Kohli himself could not believe how he could do this.
India did not let New Zealand score big in the first innings based on Washington Sundar’s seven wickets. The Kiwi team collapsed at 259 runs only. It was expected that the Indian batsmen would do wonders in Pune but the legends of the team failed. Virat scored only one run in nine balls.
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A Childish Mistake from Virat
THE Great Virat Kohli can't even play a full toss 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/XNomySBHqt
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Kohli was dismissed by New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner, but the way Kohli got out, it seemed that a child who had just started cricket training was out. Santner’s ball was a full toss. Kohli could have easily played it straight, but Kohli went to play a cross shot which created a gap between his bat and pad and the ball hit the stumps. The way Kohli judged this ball and played it was his childish mistake and Kohli’s reaction was telling how big a mistake he had made.
Kohli sat down on his knees and looked completely dejected. He was very sad when he was going to the pavilion. His departure was a big blow for India. As soon as Kohli got out, there was silence in the entire stadium. No one could believe that he was out.
Team India Struggles
Team India started the second day with 16 runs at the loss of one wicket. Captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion in the last session on the first day. In the first session of the second day, a strong performance was expected from the Indian batsmen but Team India lost six wickets in this session. First Gill returned to the pavilion and then there was a flurry of wickets. Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Sarfaraz Khan were out one by one. after this India all out just 156 runs
Playing XI for the Second Test
Team India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Aijaz Patel, William O’Rourke
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