New blow: Kohli departs for duck; suffers never-seen-before embarrassment

6 months ago 36

ARTICLE AD BOX

India's Virat Kohli walks from the tract aft helium was dismissed for nary people during the 1 time planetary cricket lucifer betwixt Australia and India successful Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby)

Australian accelerated bowler Xavier Bartlett delivered a crushing stroke astatine the Adelaide Oval, dismissing Indian cricket prima Virat Kohli for a duck done a perfectly executed lbw successful the 2nd ODI betwixt the 2 sides.

The dismissal came aft conscionable 4 balls, leaving a ample India-supporting assemblage successful stunned silence.Bartlett's transportation successful the seventh implicit swung successful from a length, catching Kohli stuck successful his crease. The Indian batter attempted a flick changeable but missed the shot completely, getting beaten connected the wrong edge.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill conflict arsenic India falter successful archetypal ODI vs Australia

Umpire Sam Nogajski had nary doubts astir the decision, instantly raising his finger. Ball tracking exertion aboriginal confirmed the shot would person deed the mediate of mediate stump, validating the umpire's call.In a amusement of sportsmanship, Kohli acknowledged the crowd's enactment by raising his gloves arsenic helium made his mode backmost to the pavilion.Kohli had walked backmost for a duck successful the archetypal ODI, astatine Perth, arsenic well. It marks the archetypal lawsuit successful Kohli's 303 lucifer vocation that he's been dismissed for ducks successful back-to-back innings.The 36-year-old has seen 17 ducks successful his ODI vocation but it is lone the archetypal clip that determination person been consecutive noughts.