India and Sri Lanka are locking horns with each other in the final Test of the two-match series at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The hosts, having taken an unassailable 1-0 lead, the Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat in the 2nd Test. However, they did not have the best of starts in the first session of the opening day, posting 93/4 before going for tea.
Just a couple of overs before the tea break, former India skipper, Virat Kohli, while batting on 23 off 47 balls, was shocked by the Chinnaswamy pitch behavior. The incident took place when Dhananjaya de Silva came to bowl the 28th over for the first time, and three balls later bowled a shortish length delivery.
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Virat Kohli was looking to work the ball to leg after coming on the back foot, but due to lack of bounce, they just hit Virat inches above the ankle. The on-field umpire had no hesitation to give him out, as it looked dead in front of the wickets. Kohli could not believe what just happened, and he did not even move for a while, however, he was pretty clear that he was out and decided not to take the DRS call, and returned to the pavilion.
Here is the video of the dismissal of Virat Kohli:
https://twitter.com/rishobpuant/status/1502592854765432836?s=20&t=4V__kxVkRiydA7yr_Kcwug
India Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
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Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
Here is how the fans reacted to the disbelief of Virat Kohli:
Unlucky Virat Kohli, terrible terrible pitch, don't think anyone can play that.#badluck 😭😭😭#ViratKohli #ViratKohli𓃵
— SanDeep (@San_deep0001) March 12, 2022
If unlucky has a face. Virat😢
— Being Divakar Jha✨️SIKANDAR (@Divakar67154006) March 12, 2022
Virat bad form n luck continues..
— Nomadic soul 💙 (@LostSoul190179) March 12, 2022
Virat Kohli gone for 23.
71st century dream remains a dream for VK.
— Cricketing World (@CrickyWorld) March 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/TheCric8Boy/status/1502592556047417346?s=20&t=RknCnTtP_hGGqrXPdYwRHQ
https://twitter.com/ChinmayZanpure/status/1502592492826292224?s=20&t=Y1t81CF3DmLPOQd-m3qAVQ
Never gonna wait for Virat Kohli to score 100 again. pic.twitter.com/MYY4ulKhg3
— Divesh wadhwa (@divesh_wadhwa) March 12, 2022
What's happening with virat..
Kab aayegi 71 century
— himanshu (@Himanshuagg1234) March 12, 2022