Virat Kohli News / Virat just doesn't agree... then he gets out while playing a ball outside the off stump

Virat Kohli News: The same flat wicket of Melbourne Cricket Ground, where Australia's star batsman Steve Smith scored a brilliant century and three other Kangaroo batsmen scored half-centuries to take their team's score to 474 runs, Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli proved to be a big failure in the first innings. Virat played a struggling innings of 76 runs, but he again got out while playing his weak side, the ball outside the off stump.

Virat Kohli's wicket:

Kohli's wicket fell in the 43rd over. While trying to play a tremendous good length ball from Scott Boland, which was outside the fifth stump, he gave the edge of his bat. Wicketkeeper Alex Carey took this easy catch. This wicket put the Indian batting order in deep trouble.

Did Kohli get out because of Yashasvi Jaiswal?

After Kohli's dismissal, there is a lot of discussion that his mistake was due to Yashasvi Jaiswal's wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out in the 41st over, and this incident proved to be a distraction for Virat Kohli.

Jaiswal lost his wicket due to a misunderstanding between Yashasvi and Kohli. Former cricketers doing commentary also believed that Virat became mentally unbalanced after Jaiswal was out, due to which he also lost his wicket in the very next balls.

Side-effect of Jaiswal's dismissal:

Virat and Yashasvi had shared a 102-run partnership to recover Team India from the initial setbacks. But after Jaiswal was out for 82, the entire innings fell apart. Virat's wicket fell within just 7 balls and Akashdeep also returned to the pavilion in the very next over. In this way, Team India lost 3 important wickets within just 6 runs.

Team India's situation is serious:

By the end of the second day, Team India has lost 5 wickets for 164 runs. India is still 310 runs behind Australia. However, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja are still at the crease. There are some expectations from Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar in the lower order, but this situation is quite challenging for the Indian team.

Conclusion:

Indian batting performance was disappointing in the Melbourne Test. Virat Kohli's dismissal and Jaiswal's run out both proved to be important turning points. Now India will need a big partnership from Pant and Jadeja to stay in the match. If the lower order also returns to the pavilion early, it will be almost impossible to make a comeback in the match.