India vs India A Practice Match: Virat Kohli Gone For 15, Rishabh Pant Only Made...
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Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant incurred horrific outings in the first innings of the 3-day practice game against India A at WACA.
In a behind-closed-doors match, India and India A squared off ahead of the start of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) scheduled the 3-day match starting Friday, though barred fans from attending the fixture at WACA. On the opening day of the warm-up game, a piece of worrying news has emerged as the talismanic Virat Kohli has yet again failed to produce an upturn in his form. Even India's hero against New Zealand in the 0-3 whitewash, Rishabh Pant, was dismissed cheaply. A couple of beautiful cover drives - but Virat Kohli has nicked a good length delivery to second slip. Another typical WACA dismissal. He made 15 Jaiswal was out for 15 caught behind the wicket - flashing at a length ball in a typical Perth dismissalVirat Kohli is in the middle pic.twitter.com/oS02SHVa5D
Ahead of the threat that Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc are likely to pose to Indian batters, the BCCI decided to get the team tested against India A players, who have been in the country for a few weeks now.
From the updates that have emerged from WACA, Kohli produced his traditionally beautiful cover drive, sending promising signs, before ending a delivery into the hands of the fielder at second slip. It was Mukesh Kumar who got rid of the India star for 15 runs.
Rishabh Pant, who was the only Indian batter to test New Zealand's nerve in the recently-concluded 3-match Tes series, couldn't last long either. He was clean-bowled by Nitish Kumar Reddy for 19 runs. Even opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, dubbed as the next big thing in Indian cricket, departed for 15 runs.
