When the Indain skipper, Virat Kohli looks at the pitch stone-cold, it only means that the bowler has managed to churn out a jaffa to get rid of him. During the first innings of the ongoing opening Test of the 5-match series against England at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham, something similar took place and the bowler was none another hand Kohli’s old nemesis, James Anderson, who has dismissed Kohli after a gap of seven years got.
James Anderson found Kohli wanting in the corridor of uncertainty to bring back the 2014 tour of England and he has exploited similar shortcomings of Virat on Thursday. At the stroke of lunch, India suffered the loss of the veteran opener, Rohit Sharma, who got out hooking to bring England back into the game, at 97/1, to the English pacer Ollie Robinson.
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In the second session of Day 2. there was the worry that the English fast bowlers are going to be back in the game, considering how they had bowled tightly in the early part of the day. In the 40th over of the innings, Cheteshwar Pujara was deemed out against Robinson, only for the right-hander to take a timely DRS to change his fortunes.
Robinson had not just had a close decision go against him. However, James Anderson, who was bowling from the other end ensured that England was back in the game, with a peach of a delivery Pujara. He topped that with the wicket of the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, who had the 2014 demons back again, with an outside edge to put England back in the game on his first ball itself.
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Not only was Anderson on a hattrick, having picked up two crucial wickets on successive deliveries but he also equaled former Indian legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble’s Test wickets tally of 619 wickets with Kohli’s dismissal.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
https://twitter.com/rishobpuant/status/1423267903701340163?s=20
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Jimmy Anderson turning things around for England, dismissing Pujara and Kohli off successive deliveries. India wobbling
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 5, 2021
Golden duck for Virat Kohli
James Anderson gets him out first time at home since 2014
One bring two and India 3 down #ENGvIND #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/LdmlDi6Y7M
— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) August 5, 2021
What we came for: Virat Kohli's first international ton since November 2019.
What we see: The resumption of the battle between Anderson and Kohli! #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/HL4CGJ0IVk
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) August 5, 2021
WICKET ☝️
A huge moment as India captain Virat Kohli departs first ball, and Anderson is on a hat-trick!
Kohli edges Anderson behind to Buttler, and India are 104 for three, trailing by 79.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/Mx2AVLjrqk
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) August 5, 2021
James Anderson gets Cheteshwar Pujara.
The very next ball…
James Anderson gets Virat Kohli.
James Anderson is now level with Anil Kumble on 619 Test match wickets. 🐐 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/KEKTeRdGab
— BetVictor (@BetVictor) August 5, 2021
https://twitter.com/ejazwasim/status/1423268531592962048?s=20
