England vs India | 'Virat Kohli doesn't deserve No. 3 spot in T20Is': Fans furious after Birmingham failure
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India tour of England: Virat Kohli managed to score just 1 run on his return to the T20I side for the first time since February.
Virat Kohli failed to get going on his return to the T20I side as the former captain got out just 1 in the 2nd T20I against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday, July 9. Kohli got out to debutant England pacer Richard Gleeson while trying to hit a big shot in the powerplay as England picked up as many as 3 wickets inside the first 7 overs.
Virat Kohli returned to the T20I Xi for the first time since February 2022 wherein he played 2 matches in the shortest format of the game against West Indies at home.
Kohli got out in the 7th over as he tried to hit one into the stands in the leg-side. However, the ball hit the outside edge of the star batter's blade and ballooned into the sky before the catch was completed by Dawid Malan.
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Virat Kohli looked to get going from the word go but the former captain threw it away by playing a shot that was uncalled for in the very first over after the powerplay.
Questions have been asked of Virat Kohli's place in the T20I format of the game as the former captain has not been able to strike at a healthy pace while the likes of Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav have been setting the stage on fire in the middle-overs.
Notably, Kohli returned to the XI after replacing Hooda, who was in the form of his life after having hit a hundred and a fifty in Ireland and scoring a quickfire 30-odd in the first T20i.
