Published 17:16 IST, January 14th 2020
Ind vs Aus: Virat Kohli's dismissal No.6 to Adam Zampa in white-ball cricket stuns fans
Ind vs Aus: Adam Zampa took his revenge over Virat Kohli by dismissing the batsman that too also by the virtue of a brilliant catch off his own bowling.
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Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli on Monday during pre-match press conference had hinted that he might bat down order to accommodate both Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul in playing XI against Australia with Rohit Sharma being automatic choice for opening slot. Kohli's experiment backfired big time after he was dismissed by Australia leg spinner Adam Zampa in ongoing 1st ODI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kohli was caught and bowled off Zampa for a paltry 16.
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Ind vs Aus: Adam Zampa dismisses Virat Kohli
dismissal happened in second ball of 32nd over. After hitting a six in first ball, Virat Kohli once again looked to attack spinner with a powerful drive. However, ball quickly went back to Zampa, who showed quick reflexes and took a sharp catch on his followthrough.
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Ind vs Aus: Adam Zampa's record against Virat Kohli
Australian leg spinner has an impressive record against Indian captain, dismissing him 6 times in his career. In ODIs, he had bowled 97 deliveries and giving away just 126 runs. most interesting stat between two is that Zampa has dismissed Kohli 4 times in ODI format. or two dismissals has been in T20I matches last year when Australia toured India for T20I series. Dismissing Virat Kohli 6 times is mean fact and Zampa is w third on list of bowlers to have got better of Indian captain most across all formats after England's Graeme Swann (8) and Australia's Nathan Lyon (7).
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Ind vs Aus: Virat Kohli speaks on series against Australia
Virat Kohli, in his pre-match press conference, had said that ODI series between both se teams will be an even contest. He furr added that Australian team is pretty experienced in Indian conditions. Australians kw what y need to do and having played a lot against each or, both team kw each or's strengths and weaknesses. He also said that it is always a good and a tough challenge playing Australia purely because of skillset and mindset that y bring on field.
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17:16 IST, January 14th 2020