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Virat Kohli Equals Unwanted Record Of MS Dhoni In Tests
By CricShots - Mar 5, 2021 12:43 pm
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The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has made a plethora of records in his career so far and a lot of them have been unwanted ones as well. One such unwanted record was made with an 8-ball duck on Day 2 of the 4th Test against England on Ahmedabad. Virat Kohli has just walked in after the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara when Stokes churned out an excellent short delivery which took Kohli by surprise. The 32-year-old, tempted to play the delivery, edged the ball into the hands of wicket-keeper Ben Foakes.

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Virat Kohli 

With that duck, 8th in Kohli’s career as the captain of the Indian team, he has equaled the unwanted record of his predecessor MS Dhoni. The two owners of the unlucky record for the most number of ducks by an India skipper.

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Further, this is only for the 2nd time in the illustrious career of the dashing batsman that he has registered two ducks in a single Test series. His last pair in a series was also against England when Liam Plunkett and James Anderson sent him packing on zeros in 2014. Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes have done the damage this time.

Also, Ben Stokes has dismissed Virat Kohli 5 times, the most for him against any batsman in the longest format of the game. The fiery all-rounder has dismissed former Test cricketers Michale Clarke and Dean Elgar 4 times. South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar and Cheteshwar Pujara have also been hunted by Stokes on 4 occasions.

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Notably, Ben Stokes and Virat Kohli were seen getting engaged in verbal banter on Day 1 of the final Test. Earlier, Virat Kohli had equaled MS Dhoni’s record of leading India in most Test matches. Kohli said it has been a pleasure to have led the side in 60 Tests.