Virat Kohli is arguably the best ODI batter of all time, but on Thursday (October 23), for the first time in his career, he failed to open his account in back-to-back ODI matches. Kohli walked out to bat at No. 3 for India in the ongoing second ODI against Australia at Adelaide Oval but got out for a four-ball duck.
He was trapped in front of the wicket by Xavier Bartlett on the fifth ball of the seventh over of India’s innings.
In the first ODI of the ongoing series as well, which was played at Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday (October 19), Kohli got out for an eight-ball duck.
In his last ODI matches at Adelaide Oval, Kohli had scored two centuries. He made 107 against Pakistan in 2015 and 104 against Australia in 2019.
The duck by Kohli on Thursday is his 18th zero score in one-day matches for India. Only two Indians – Sachin Tendulkar and Javagal Srinath – have scored more ducks than him in the 50-over format of the game for Men in Blue.
