Former India captain Virat Kohli suffered his first-ever career duck in World Cups (ODI and T20) as the 34-year-old was dismissed without opening his account against England in Lucknow on Sunday. Rohit Sharma-led Indian team, who are unbeaten in the ODI World Cup 2023 so far, faced off against the defending champions at the Ekana Stadium looking to reclaim the top spot in the points table.
For the first time in his career, Kohli was dismissed for a duck after 56 innings in the history of ODI and T20 World Cups. The talismanic batter failed to open his account and perished against his former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate David Willey, as Ben Stokes took the catch.
Virat came out to bat early after Shubman Gill was dismissed on 9, the opener was castled by Chris Woakes who drew first blood for his side.
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Earlier, England captain Jos Buttler had won the toss and he elected to bowl first. India were off to a shaky start as they lost Gill, and the pressure got to Virat Kohli, who narrowly missed a century in the previous game against New Zealand in Dharamsala.
Kohli played eight balls, and the ball before his eventual dismissal almost found its way to the boundary only to be stopped by excellent work in the outfield from Dawid Malan.
On the next ball, the former Indian captain walked out of the crease to hit the ball over Willey’s head but he failed to read the line correctly.
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On the penultimate ball of the seventh over, the pressure of dot balls got to Virat, a short ball from Willey deceived Kohli as the ball caught the top half of the bat and went high towards mid-off where Stokes was stationed and the all-rounder took the catch with ease.
The dismissal saw India slump to 28/2, then Shreyas Iyer came out to bat and he too was dismissed by Woakes who got the better of Iyer with the short ball trick. Then, Indian captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul joined hands to steady the ship after a shaky start for the hosts.
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