WATCH: Virat Kohli foxed by Ish Sodhi’s googly in Hamilton ODI

Dixit Bhargav | 05/02/2020
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Virat Kohli foxed by Ish Sodhi’s googly: The Indian captain failed to read a wrong ‘un from the opposition spinner.

During the first ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand in Hamiton, India captain Virat Kohli scored his 58th ODI half-century to build a solid 102-run partnership for the third wicket alongside batsman Shreyas Iyer.

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the ninth over, Kohli witnessed the dismissal of Mayank Agarwal (32) in the same over. With India losing two wickets in as many overs, Kohli took the onus on himself to keep the scoreboard ticking which allowed Iyer time to get his eye in.

It was on the first delivery of the 11th over when Kohli pulled a delivery from Tim Southee to register his first boundary of the match.

Having hit a boundary off New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham in the 14th over, Kohli primarily laid emphasis on taking the singles and doubles in the middle overs.

On the second delivery of the 28th over, Kohli ran a single off New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner to cross the 50-run mark for the 101st time in his ODI career.

While many expected Kohli to reach the three-figure mark, it wasn’t to be Sodhi deceived him with a googly in the following over. Having missed the delivery altogether, Kohli was seen rarely getting bowled in such a fashion. The Indian skipper ended up scoring 51 (63) with the help of six fours.

Virat Kohli foxed by Ish Sodhi’s googly

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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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