Watch: Virat Kohli Edges One Outside Off Again To Gift His Wicket In 5th Test – News18

Last Updated:January 03, 2025, 09:13 IST

For the seventh time in the ongoing series, Kohli tried to play a shot on the ball that was bowled outside the off-stump line and gifted his wicket.

Virat Kohli was batting on 17 runs from 68 balls when he once again tried to play a shot on the ball that was bowled outside the off stump line, and like the last six occasions, on Friday (January 3), once again he was caught in the slips. Kohli, who is India’s fourth-leading run scorer in Test cricket, has been dismissed seven times in the ongoing series between India and Australia, and on all seven occasions he has been dismissed in a similar way.

India had high hopes from Kohli in the ongoing Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground, and the 36-year-old right-handed batter looked good as well during his 69-ball stay at the crease, but once again he failed to stop himself from touching the ball outside the off-stump and gifting his wicket.

Kohli was caught by Beau Webster in the third slip off Scott Boland’s bowling in the 32^nd over. Webster, who is making his Test debut for the Australian team in the ongoing match, dived to his left to complete the dismissal.

Here’s the video:

After losing his wicket, Kohli looked disappointed, and the video of his long walk back to the pavilion went viral on the internet.

Kohli’s performance in BGT

Kohli has played in all five Test matches for India against Australia in the ongoing series, but except for the second innings of the first Test, he has struggled to score runs. In the first innings of the series opener played at Optus Stadium in Perth, the right-handed batter was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood for 5 runs. In the second innings he remained unbeaten on 100 runs.

In the pink-ball Test, which was played at Kohli’s favourite venue in Australia—Adelaide Oval—he scored 7 and 11 runs. The former India captain got a chance to bat only once in the third Test, which ended in a draw at The Gabba, and in that he could only score 3 runs.

In the fourth Test, which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26 to 30, Kohli scored 36 runs in the first and five in the second innings, and India went on to lose the match by 184 runs.

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Sydney, Australia