Virat Kohli solely correct batter in prime 5 with most geese for India | Cricket Information – Instances of India

Virat Kohli‘s lean patch prolonged with one other poor outing when he was dismissed for a duck in India’s first innings of the opening Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Proceedings within the match started on Thursday after rain washed out your entire opening day. Surprisingly, regardless of overcast skies and forecast for extra rain, India captain Rohit Sharma opted to bat first after profitable the toss and the choice backfired.
India have been placed on the mat by Kiwi pacers, who left the hosts reeling at lunch with the scoreboard studying 34 for six in 23.5 overs.

The sorry scorecard confirmed 4 Indian batsmen getting dismissed with out scoring, together with Kohli who added one other duck to his undesirable report.
With 38 geese now, Kohli is the one correct batsman within the record of prime 5 Indians with most zeros in worldwide cricket. He was dismissed by William O’Rourke, caught in leg-gully whereas making an attempt to defend an in-coming supply that rose sharply.
Prime 5 Indian gamers with most geese in worldwide cricket:

Curiously, Sachin Tendulkar is sixth in that record with 34 geese in 782 innings (14 in Assessments and 20 in ODIs). Kohli final scored a duck in Assessments 32 innings in the past on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai when New Zealand toured India in 2021.
In Bengaluru on Thursday, apart from Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have been additionally dismissed for a zero.
Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit scored 13 and a pair of respectively, whereas Rishabh Pant was batting at 15 not out at lunch and will likely be joined by Ravichandran Ashwin.
Younger Kiwi pacer O’Rourke led the guests’ bowling chart with figures of three for 13, whereas Matt Henry took 2 for 12 and Tim Southee 1 for 8.
(Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar)