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Johnson’s sarcastic tweet on Kohli’s dismissal

Dixit Bhargav
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Johnson's sarcastic tweet on Kohli's dismissal

Johnson’s sarcastic tweet on Kohli’s dismissal: Former Australian spearhead takes an indirect dig at the Indian captain’s dismissal.

India captain Virat Kohli’s dismissal on the third day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Perth has allured a plethora of opinions, both in the positive and negative.

It all happened in the 93rd over of the Indian innings when Kohli played a loose drive off Pat Cummins. With Peter Handscomb taking the catch at second slip, what followed was instant apprehension regarding the same.

It was another of those instances when the ball was caught just above the ground. With Handscomb’s fingers underneath the ball, there was still a lot of doubt regarding the same as it wasn’t clear if the ball had hit the ground or not.

Umpire Kumar Dharamasena had given the soft signal as out which meant the third umpire Nigel Llong required conclusive evidence to overturn the decision. With that not being present after repeated replays, Kohli eventually had to walk back to the pavilion.

It was evident from his body language that he wasn’t impressed with the decision. On his way back to the dressing room, Kohli was seen looking disappointing with the decision.

A similar instance had happened during the first Test at Adelaide when Lokesh Rahul’s catch to dismiss Josh Hazlewood came under some scrutiny but was eventually given out.

It was this that Johnson compared with the Kohli’s dismissal, pointing out the difference in reaction of both the batsmen in question. Read Johnson’s full tweet below:

Read some of the other latest Twitter reactions on Kohli’s dismissal below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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