‘Shameless dismissal on nothing ball’- Fans can’t stop criticizing Virat Kohli after another failure in Test Cricket
Kohli showed great intent after he came onto the crease on Day 2 of the first Test. He played two great shots for four before Lunch break and reached 12 off 25 balls. However, on his very first ball after Lunch, debutant Toddy Murphy accounted for his wicket on a ball which he too wouldn’t really be proud.
The ball was going down the leg side but Virat Kohli wanted to work that fine for four. As it turned out, he only got a fine edge and Alex Carey showed his reflexes to great effect to pluck a difficult catch.
It was Murphy’s fourth wicket and it left Virat Kohli in complete disbelief. Virat Kohli hasn’t made a good amount of runs in Test Cricket, lately, and it was an opportunity for him to change his fortunes.
Kohli looked good during his stay at the crease but was unlucky to get out on bad delivery. Here’s how fans reacted to Kohli’s knock:
Nothing new here. move on
— Allester Pinto 🇮🇳🇦🇺 (@AllesterPinto) February 10, 2023
— Sandesh Aryal (@sandesharyal_1) February 10, 2023
Why god so unlucky for my man😭😭😭😭😭
— Sky63Goat (@SandeshHiremat9) February 10, 2023
Debutants and Virat wicket🤝
— Avinash Reddy (@Avinash16929519) February 10, 2023
Not our day. 😪
— DK (@CricCrazyDK) February 10, 2023
Since he posted on Cristiano he seems out of runs again.Woah should we be suprised 🤣
— Wild Tango (@Siddhan06623404) February 10, 2023
Shameless dismissal on a nothing ball. Doled out wicket just like Pujara.
— Mudit Jain, IRS (@MuditJainIRS) February 10, 2023
He is so unlucky mannn… -fan girls
— Animeholic | Anitwt Read Yona of the dawn (@ILoveIruma) February 10, 2023
It will be a red alert for kohli in test format if he fails to perform in bgt
— Kartik (@kchandwaskar) February 10, 2023
He is finished in test cricket, should give space to gill now
— Don Corleone Parody (@Saffron_Archer1) February 10, 2023
Earlier, Murphy had picked three more wickets. He dismissed KL Rahul on day 1 before claiming the wickets of R Ashwin and Cheteshwar Pujara on day 2.
At the time of writing, India have lost 5 wickets for 226 runs in 80 overs and Todd Murphy has managed pick four wickets out of them. Rohit Sharma is still on the crease and has been superb so far.
The Indian captain notched his 9th Test ton and is currently unbeaten at the crease on 118 off 207 deliveries, including 15 fours and 2 sixes. Ravindra Jadeja is giving him great support, at the other end, having managed to score 34 runs in 82 balls.
At the time of writing, India have scored 226 runs for the loss of 5 wickets and have registered a lead of 49 runs.
