Virat Kohli run out today: Watch Ajinkya Rahane’s disastrous calling dismisses Kohli in Adelaide Test

Virat Kohli run out: The Indian captain became victim of an unimaginable call by his deputy at the Adelaide Oval.

During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Adelaide, India captain Virat Kohli became victim of a disastrous call by vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane which forced the former to walk back to the pavilion.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 77th over when Rahane drove Australia spinner Nathan Lyon down the ground and followed it with an immediate call for a single.

Having run a couple of steps to complete the run and received an encouraging response from non-striker Kohli, Rahane sent back his partner after watching Josh Hazlewood rush to the ball from mid-off.

Hazlewood, who picked the ball and threw it back to Lyon in a jiffy, left no option for Kohli than to walk back to the pavilion. Although Kohli didn’t put on display many emotions whilst taking the long walk back, the Indian skipper would be devastated with the manner in which he got out despite him maintaining his stellar record at the Adelaide Oval.

Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the 19th over, Kohli registered his 23rd Test half-century scoring 74 (180) with the help of eight fours.

Probably which was the last thing which the visitors wanted after Kohli’s departure, Rahane (42) was found wanting in front of the stumps in the first over against the second new ball by Mitchell Starc.

Virat Kohli run out

Nightmare scenario for India, pure joy for Australia!

Virat Kohli is run out after a mix up with Ajinkya Rahane! @hcltech | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/YdQdMrMtPh

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 17, 2020

How Twitterati reacted:

I’m now almost afraid to ask for your #GoodBadRidiculous nominations… *hides under desk* #AUSvIND

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) December 17, 2020

These things happen in cricket but in that flash of a second, your instinct decides whether to go through with a tight run that you yourself called & risk being runout or run your partner out who is in far greater control of things. Rahane’s instinct has failed him. #AUSvIND

— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) December 17, 2020

That Virat Kohli knock almost as worthy of accolades as Perth 2018. Cruelly cut short and India in some trouble now.

Horrendous calling. #AusvInd

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) December 17, 2020

Jinxed

— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) December 17, 2020

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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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