Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and chose to bat on a pitch that immediately suited the Australian pacers with its seam movement. Openers KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal started cautiously but found the conditions difficult, and Rahul was dismissed in the fifth over by Mitchell Starc. Jaiswal followed soon after in the eighth over, leaving India at 17/2, but Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill steadied the ship with a solid 40-run partnership. Just before lunch, Nathan Lyon removed Gill, and after the break, Kohli fell to a stunning catch by Beau Webster.
On the third ball of the 32nd over, Scott Boland bowled a back-of-a-length delivery outside off, which straightened off the seam and showed signs of extra bounce. Kohli, on the back foot, poked at it with an angled bat, and the ball flew uppishly towards second slip. In a moment of brilliance, Beau Webster leaped to his left from third slip, taking a stunning catch with both hands in front of Steven Smith. Kohli’s dismissal, yet again poking at a ball outside the off stump, marked the seventh time this series he had been dismissed in this fashion, leaving the Indian fans stunned as he trudged off for 17 off 69, sparking a frenzy on Twitter.
Walking wicket these days!
— DJ Sinha (@sdj374531) January 3, 2025
Virat virat virat ! Walking wicket ! They know very well !
— dilip bhunya (@dilip_bh) January 3, 2025
Hahaha!
Virat be caught infront of the wicket challenge = impossible
— Nat Martin (@NatMartin30) January 3, 2025
Sounds true!
I have never seen that.
Now, Every bowler knows how to get Virat out and Virat Kohli himself knows how to get out🥲 pic.twitter.com/yzZ1NpVN4s— LavdeepS (@LavdeepSin33355) January 3, 2025
Stupid stupid stupid
Trying different techniques to get out in the same style …Thank you Virat Kohli for your services..Now pls retire
#chokli #retire #ViratKohli#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/YqKHBMqEl1— Sonali (@Sonal11214) January 3, 2025
No comments!
It’s enough, it’s over now…
Next innings should be the last Test innings for our King Virat Kohli..
Enough of giving him chances again and again, and he getting out the same way every time….
He is not interested to break that 100 100s mark..#Kohli #ViratKohli— 𝑺𝒂𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍 (@saksh_msdian_07) January 3, 2025
LOL!
Virat Kohli has opted out of scoring runs. #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND
— Ansh (@prodbyansh) January 3, 2025
After Virat Kohli got out, Indian fan advised the king ,watch the video of Sachin’s 241 innings. pic.twitter.com/SXoPcz85mS
— Akshay Tadvi 🇮🇳 (@AkshayTadvi28) January 3, 2025
May be he got that wrong again!
