Twitter reactions on Virat Kohli’s dismissal in Perth: Twitter had major apprehensions on the Indian captain’s dismissal.
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During the third day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Perth, India captain Virat Kohli scored his 25th Test hundred, a magnificent one at that. It was another of those instances where Kohli played a rescuing innings for India.
Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the sixth over of the Indian innings, Kohli put on display a spectacular knock which saw him scoring his 14th Test hundred outside of India. In which was his seventh century against Australia, sixth in Australia and 18th as India captain, Kohli celebrated it with a priceless ‘Bat does the talking‘ celebration.
While the Indian fans would have hoped of Kohli carrying on to play at least till India close in on the Australian total of 326 runs, it didn’t happen as Pat Cummins came to Australia’s rescue, dismissing the Indian captain in the 93rd over. Kohli ended up scoring 123 (257) with the help of 13 fours and a six.
However, Kohli’s dismissal wasn’t a smooth one and contained a lot of apprehensions. It all happened on the last delivery of the over when Kohli’s attempt of driving a Cummins delivery saw him edging it to Peter Handscomb at second slip.
Handscomb’s catch came under the observation after there was a doubt regarding whether it was a clean catch or not. With umpire Kumar Dharamasena giving the soft signal as ‘out’, third umpire Nigel Llong required conclusive evidence to overturn the decision.
With replays suggesting no conclusive evidence, Kohli had to take the long walk back to the pavilion. Watch the full video:
Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on the same below:
