Virat Kohli Wicket: For a long time, Virat Kohli has been getting caught out in the slips on a ball going outside the off stump. Kohliโs habit of tampering with the ball outside the off stump is now defaming him. The same thing happened in the Adelaide Test.
Virat Kohliโs Struggles Continue with Slip Catch Dismissal
This time Mitchell Starc attacked Kohliโs weakness and got caught by Steve Smith at King slip. Virat Kohli was out after scoring 7 runs. When Kohli was out, the expression on his face could tell how disappointed he was.
This time Starcโs extra bounce fooled Virat, length ball close to the off stump, extra bounce, Kohli tried to leave the ball but could not remove the bat at the right time.
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Extra Bounce Proves Costly for Kohli
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The ball touched the bat and went to slip fielder Steve Smith. Smith gave a big blow to India by taking an easy catch. For a moment, Kohli got confused about whether to play the ball or not, due to which he was not able to decide at the right time, for which he had to suffer the consequences. Kohli thought that after bouncing on the pitch, the ball would come in but it went out, this is where Kohli was defeated.
Rohit Sharma Wins the Toss and Decides to Bat First
Earlier, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first in the second pink ball cricket Test against Australia. India made three changes in which Rohit, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin returned to the XI, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar are not part of the XI.
Australia have included Scott Boland in the team in place of injured fast bowler Josh Hazlewood. India are 1-0 ahead in the five-match series after winning the first Test in Perth by 295 runs.
AUS vs Ind, 2nd Test: Playing XI
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma (captain), Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj
Australia: Usman Khwaja, Nathan McSwini, Marnas Labushen, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Michel Marsh, Alex Carrie (wicket-keeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Leone, Scott Bolland