Virat Kohli and his run out saga look to have continued and this time, it cost the wicket of India’s No. 3 batsman Chesteshwara Pujara at the most frustrating situation.
Virat Kohli and his run out saga look to have continued and this time, it cost the wicket of India’s No. 3 batsman Chesteshwara Pujara at the most frustrating situation.
After a rain delay, the match finally started Friday afternoon. The gloomy and cloudy weather was the perfect platform offered to James Anderson to expose Indian top-order’s struggles against a moving ball. As expected, he removed the Indian openers, Murali Vijay and KL Rahul before the rain returned.
The match halted for a couple of minutes before it resumed to only making things worse for the tourists.
With soft hands, Pujara flicked the ball in front of point and signaled Kohli for a single. The Indian skipper responded positively and then Kohli turned his back on the helpless Pujara gifting England an easy runout and wasting a precious Indian wicket.
As soon as England’s debutant Ollie Pope removed the bails, it started pouring again. It was a total waste of wicket there for India.
According to statistics, in Tests Kohli has been involved in runouts for five times and out of which, he has run his partner out four times.
Here are five other instances, across the formats, where Kohli got his partner runout:
1. Oh, Pujara
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Pujara, who got run out two times in the last four matches, was again on the receiving end on Friday. That would have taken him back to 2013 when he had got runout during the Johannesburg Test and coincidently had Kohli on the other end. It was Kohli's mistake that day, five years fast forward, that remains the same. PC: AFP
2. When dhoni became Kohli's new victim
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Until then, Kohli's usual runout partner was Rohit Sharma. However, during the Dharamsala ODI against New Zealand in 2016, Kohli's error in judgment had got Dhoni run out. Thankfully, India were chasing a low total of 191, the dismissal did not affect India's result. PC: AFP
3. Rahane enterd Kohli's runout club
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After Shikhar Dhawan threw away his wicket, Rahane who was playing exceptionally well, also to save his spot in the team, became Kohli's new victim. Kohli got Rahane run out when the latter looked good on 55, who could have converted that into a three-digit score. PC: AFP
4. Rohit, again
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In the mix-up between Kohli and Rohit, it was usually Kohli who used to lose his wicket. However, in the same Australia series in 2017, in Bengaluru, Kohli got Rohit run out during India's chase of 335. Following that, Kohli himself got out for just 21 runs and India ended up losing the match. PC: Twitter
5. Kohli-Rohit struck again
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This happened during India's ICC Champions Trophy match against Pakistan. The miscommunication cost Rohit an excellent century, who got out for 91 runs. PC: AFP
