On Friday, during the second Test of the 5-match series at Lord’s between India and England, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara learnt a lesson the hard way as they went back to the pavilion after a rain stopped play, only to be called back from the entrance, but what transpired after a couple of balls was the lose a wicket before play was stopped again. Despite being a world-class batsman, Kohli is slowly making a name for himself as a bad communicator on the field and now he became the latest culprit of Pujara being run-out in his comeback Test.
On Friday, after rain interrupted the game twice, umpires finally took the early lunch and the game resumed at 18.10 IST and it was always going to be a challenge for the duo of Kohli and Pujara to lock horns with the James Anderson storm. They did well for the next 10 balls to avoid any damage, but it started drizziling again and the umpires asked the players to go off the ground. However, given it wasn’t anything too heavy, the England players insisted on continuing the game, but by then Virat had already reached the hallowed Lord’s pavilion.
The Umpires, Aleem Dar, and Marais Erasmus asked the Indian skipper to resume batting and that turned out to be a moment that Kohli would rue for the entire day.
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After letting one ball go through to the keeper outside the off stump, Chetshwar defended the next one with soft hands with the ball going towards point. The ever-so-agile Indian captain, thinking it as an easy run, set off immediately. Pujara had to respond, but that was the time when Virat decided to betray his partner and stop running. Pujara had already crossed the half-way mark and it was a gift served on a silver platter for the debutant Ollie Pope to make his first significant contribution in the international cricket.
Pujara was run-out and a few seconds after that the Lord’s witnessed the heaviest downpour of the day as the game stopped once again. Such is the irony of life! Here is the video of what transpired:
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