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Legendary India batter Virat Kohli faced a tough outing as he fell for a five-ball duck after Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first in a crucial Super Eight clash of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium. Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood outfoxed Kohli with a bouncer, dꦺismissing him for a duck in his first over.
Virat Kohli falls for a duck
Hazlewood delivered a short, quick ball with extra bounce that caught Kohli off guard. Attempting a pull shot, Kohli only managed a top edge that soared towards wide mid-on. Tim David, showcasing excellent athleticism, sprinted back from inside the circle for 25 meters to secure a well-judged catch. This dismissal sen༺t Kohli back to the pavilion without scoring from five balls✨ faced.
A rare unwanted record
With this dismissal, Kohli became the second Indian to score two ducks in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. He had previously been dismissed for a golden duck against the United States of America (USA) earlier in the tournament. The only other Indian batter to register two ducks in a single T20 World Cup edition is Ashish Nehra, who achieved this unwanted record in 2010. Kohli has struggled throughout this World Cup, with scores of 1, 4, 0, 2🌃4, 37, and 0.
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Here’s how Fans reacted:
Virat Kohli took pr🍎ime membership of TukTuk after the end🏅 of IPL 💀
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda)
Made Rohit Sharma's career by promoting him as opener
Made Virat Kohli's career by not promoting him as opener
GOAT 🐐
— 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐌𝐒𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧™ (@I🅘tzshreyas07)
Kohli of all people having such a nightmarish run, that too in a t20wc where he's been saving our asses since eternity, it's k4lling me
— soo washed (@anubhav__tweets)
This is just unbelievable, first time he is having such a disastrous ICC tournament and i honestly can't understand what is wrong. Just come back please.
— Yashvi (@BreatheKohli)
Rohit sharma is what🦩 Vira🎐t Kohli always wants to become.
— 🐰 ✨ (@firki07)
Virat Kohli out on a duck. Rohit Shar🦹ma scoring 50 off 19 balls. Good day for Sunil Gavaཧskar so far.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
Virat Kohli again scored duck.
My question to management why this burden is still playing and not Jaiswa𒁏l ?
— Nisha (@NishaRo45_)
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Nah this guy is seriously finished in T20s, other than tuk tuk he can't play t20s.
High time BCCI drop Virat kohli from the team !
— Prathmesh. (@45Fan_Prathmesh)
🚨 Virat Kohli and important matches.
5 balls duck for King Kohli.
— Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888)
PICTURE OF THE DAY 💯
– Virat Kohli needs to open a duck farm the way he is getting ducks now a days.
— Ehtisham Siddique (@iMShami_)
Rohit Sharma’s counter-attack
Following Kohli’s early dismissal, Team India captain Rohit Sharma took charge. On a mission to counter-attack, Rohit smashed Mitchell Starc for 28 runs in a single over. Immediately following Hazlewood’s over, Rohit hit a six off Pat Cummins on the very first ball of the fouܫrth over. Just as I♛ndia seemed to be gaining momentum, rain intervened and halted play.
