WATCH: Virat Kohli grabs first-rate catch to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne in Bengaluru ODI

Dixit Bhargav | 19/01/2020
WATCH: Virat Kohli grabs first-rate catch to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne in Bengaluru ODI

Virat Kohli grabs first-rate catch: The Indian captain continued his exceptional day on the field by dismissing the Australian all-rounder.

During the third ODI of the ongoing Australia’s tour of India in Bengaluru, India captain Virat Kohli put on display an outstanding fielding display to dismiss Australia all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 32nd over when Labuschagne’s attempt of playing an aerial drive off India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja saw him walking back to the pavilion. Kohli, who was fielding at cover, dived to his right to complete the catch in a first-rate attempt.

Realizing the importance of breaking a 127-run partnership between Steve Smith and Labuschagne, the Indian skipper and other players were seen gleefully celebrating the dismissal.

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Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the ninth over, Labuschagne ended up scoring 54 (64) with the help of five fours. Playing his third ODI, the 25-year old right-hand batsman registered his maiden ODI half-century today.

Coming on the back of a 96-run partnership in the second ODI in Rajkot, the visiting duo once again put a stellar batting performance.

Labuschagne was surprisingly replaced by Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc who was sent in as a pinch-hitter. The ploy didn’t work well for the Aussies as the southpaw was dismissed by Jadeja in the same over. An economical spell saw Jadeja registering bowling figures of 10-1-44-2.

Virat Kohli grabs first-rate catch

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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