WATCH: Virat Kohli Once Again Gets Dismissed After Poking Outside-off Delivery in Practice Match – News18

Team India paceman Jaydev Unadkat got the better of batting maestro Virat Kohli in the intra-squad practice match ahead of the two-match Test series against West Indies. Unadkat exploited Kohli’s major weakness in red-ball cricket as the 34-year-old once again poked the ball outside the off-stump and got caught at the first slip.

Kohli has not been at his best in red-call cricket in recent times, he scored just one century in more than two and half years which has also put his place in the team under the scanner.

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The batting maestro’s average has dipped as his conversion rate of scoring a century after getting a fifty drastically dropped. Several bowlers around the globe have found a chink in Virat Kohli’s armour – the ball outside the off stump.

The left-armer’s angle is an awkward one and Unadkat bowled one outside the off-stump, and India’s No. 1 batter, without any distinct footwork, fished at it to be caught by a local fielder stationed at first slip.

Meanwhile, the Indian team included some local club cricketers along with its own 16 players for the two-day training-cum-practice game. The first Test begins on July 12.

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Most of the batters retired after playing around 50 to 75 balls with Yashasvi Jaiswal doing his cause no harm with a 54 off 76 balls before taking a break.

After the defeat in World Test Championship Final, India made big changes in their Test set-up as Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav have been dropped from the side. While youngsters like Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal got their maiden Test call-up in the side.

In the absence of Shami, Mohammed Siraj is expected to lead the pace unit comprises of Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini.

TEST Squad: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.