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The return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma was not good, Rohit, who was playing an international match after 224 days, was out after scoring 8 runs and Kohli could not even open his account. Kohli was caught out by Mitchell Starc. This duck innings will be remembered as an unwanted record of Kohli.
In view of the possibility of rain, Mitchell Marsh had decided to bowl first after winning the toss. India did not have a good start, Rohit became the victim of Hazlewood in the fourth over, while Kohli was caught out on the first ball of the 7th over bowled by Mitchell Starc. The wicket ball was Kohli’s 8th ball.
Kohli’s second longest ‘duck’ innings
Kohli has been out on zero 17 times in ODIs. This is the second longest duck innings of Virat Kohli. Kohli played the longest duck innings against England in 2023, when he was out on zero after making 9 balls. In the first ODI against Australia, he was out after scoring a duck in 8 balls.
This is the first time in 30 ODI innings played in Australia that Virat Kohli has been out on zero. Before this, Kohli played 29 ODI innings in Australia, but it never happened that he could not open the account. This is Virat Kohli’s 39th zero in international cricket. Only Zaheer Khan (43) and Ishant Sharma (40) have been out on zero more times than him in all formats.
For the second time, the game of 15 overs was cut short due to rain.
Before the end of 12 overs, the India vs Australia 1st ODI game was stopped for the second time due to rain. When it started, it was reduced to 35-35 overs, please note that no extra time has been given in this match. When it rained for the first time, the match was stopped for only 10 minutes, yet the match was reduced from 50 overs to 49 overs.