Indian cricket staff star batter Virat Kohli equalled an embarrassing document after he was dismissed for a duck on Day 2 of the primary Check match in opposition to New Zealand in Bengaluru on Thursday. Kohli has been struggling to attain massive within the latest previous and his fortunes didn’t change as he was dismissed by Will O’Rourke with out scoring a single run. It was a in need of size supply from the quick bowler that flew off Kohli’s gloves and Glenn Phillips was in a position to full catch at leg gully. This was Kohli’s thirty eighth worldwide duck – probably the most for any energetic cricketer together with New Zealand’s Tim Southee. India skipper Rohit Sharma is third within the undesirable record with 33 geese.
Earlier, India captain Rohit Sharma gained the toss and elected to bat in opposition to New Zealand within the rain-truncated opening Check on Thursday.
India made two modifications with Sarfaraz Khan changing an injured Shubman Gill, who was not “100 per cent” in keeping with the skipper, and Kuldeep Yadav changing seamer Akash Deep as a 3rd spinner.
“Shubman Gill was unavailable for collection of the primary Check as a consequence of a neck stiffness,” the Indian staff administration knowledgeable after the toss.
The primary day’s play was washed out as a consequence of persistent rain.
India and New Zealand will play two extra Checks, at Pune from October 24-28 and at Mumbai from November 1-5.
Groups:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Will Younger, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke.
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