BGT 2024-25: Virat Kohli edged and gone! How fans slam pattern after India star flops in Brisbane?
Xtra Time Web Desk: Another delivery pitched outside the off and another unnecessary chase from Virat Kohli as the Indian batter was dismissed in the same old fashion by Australia's Josh Hazlewood. For years now, teams have exploited Kohli's weakness and the Indian batter has failed to rectify it.
The same thing happened in the Gabba Test as Josh Hazlewood persisted with the line outside the off and it fetched him with the reward as Kohli went for a needless chase and threw his wicket away for just 3. India had already lost the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill and needed their best batter to stay at the crease, however, Kohli's eagerness and ego to play every delivery outside the off costed him the wicket. Hazlewood exploited a familiar weakness, delivering a fuller ball outside off-stump, which Kohli edged to the wicketkeeper.
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This dismissal mirrored a pattern that has plagued Kohli throughout the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, prompting fans and analysts to criticise his inability to overcome this flaw. Social media buzzed with remarks on how Australia’s bowlers seemed to have deciphered the formula to dismiss one of India’s most dependable batters. nterestingly, despite being observed working on this area in net sessions ahead of the Brisbane Test, Kohli’s vulnerability remains unchanged.
Josh Hazlewood gets Virat Kohli!
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The Australian pacers, led by Starc and Hazlewood, have repeatedly targeted this zone with clinical precision, ensuring the former captain struggles to settle at the crease. A length delivery was pitched outside the off by Josh Hazlewood and Kohli, without moving his feet went for the chase as the outside-edge was safely taken by Alex Carey. The Australian side were jubilant and rightly so as they had scalped a prized wicket.
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