[PICTURES] Is the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (2024-25) the final frontier for Virat Kohli's Test career?

What happened in 2023 and 2015?
Kphli is so overrated in ko stages. He never performs in ko stages of odi world cup that's why I actually don't rate him highly in odi


He had the worlds best attack in peak form in 2019. Dropped guess what shami and played yuzi channel and this babbu kumar.

Effin tulla. And then kept playing msd and jhadav when he knew they are past it. We could have won the wc in 2019.

In 2023 pitch played a role in the final and we were without pandya and pant. Pandya was key for us. Also I would say jaiswal should have played over sky. Sky has full pr so yea
 
Kohli should retire after australia tour now. No matter if he smashes them or he fails in the next games, time is up for him and he should retire
 
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in SENA Test victories among Indian batters

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Lol...where is the King and his cavalry when you need them the most... SF 2015, Final 2023, WTC 2022...and we may see some more. Anyway great innings by Kohli after a great while
SF 2015 - clearly failed
2023 final- 53 off 64 balls. He did not fail. if you have followed the match conditions/expert view, its pitch conditions ( bad pitch doctoring). The same pitch Pakistan was bundled out for 190 due to slowness/dryness of the pitch

Kohlis knock out in t20

2014 t20 semis against SA- Man of the match
2014 t20 final- 77 against SL
2016 t20 virtual quarter final against AUS- Man of the Match
2016 t20 semis- 87 off 48 .
2022 t20 pak league match- 26 off 8 needed. the famous/infamous two back to back sixes
2013 ODI champions trophy final - Highest run getter
2022 t20 final- 76 runs with India scoring highest runs in a world final.
2023 odi semifinal- Century
2023 ODI final- half century. Its KL Rahul's 66 off 105 which undone India, not kohl's 53 off 63 balls

Objectively speaking , Kohli failed in some key Knock out matches but surely scored more/contribued than he failed in knock outs. You should avoid confirmation bias and speak with stats/data.
 
Sunil Gavaskar took centre stage and compared Virat Kohli to tennis legends like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic as when they do not lift titles, people think that they are out of form, he said:

“It’s like I said in commentary that Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafa Nadal, they are title winners. If they lose in the semi-finals, people say, ‘Oh, they’re not in form.’ Anybody else getting into the semi-finals, you would say, ‘Oh, what a wonderful performance‘,”

“Similarly, with Virat Kohli, because everybody is so used to him scoring so many hundreds quite regularly, when he doesn’t score 100, even if he’s getting 70-80—which a lot of guys will be very happy to get—people say, ‘Look, he’s not scoring runs.’ And that is the reason why there was that feeling. But then again, Indian fans, they’re greedy fans. They’re not going to be happy with their idol scoring only 60-70s. They want their icons, their idols, to score hundreds, and that is the reason there was this little talk about, ‘Oh, he hasn’t got a hundred since July 2023.’ July 2023 is just about a year ago,”
 
SF 2015 - clearly failed
2023 final- 53 off 64 balls. He did not fail. if you have followed the match conditions/expert view, its pitch conditions ( bad pitch doctoring). The same pitch Pakistan was bundled out for 190 due to slowness/dryness of the pitch

Kohlis knock out in t20

2014 t20 semis against SA- Man of the match
2014 t20 final- 77 against SL
2016 t20 virtual quarter final against AUS- Man of the Match
2016 t20 semis- 87 off 48 .
2022 t20 pak league match- 26 off 8 needed. the famous/infamous two back to back sixes
2013 ODI champions trophy final - Highest run getter
2022 t20 final- 76 runs with India scoring highest runs in a world final.
2023 odi semifinal- Century
2023 ODI final- half century. Its KL Rahul's 66 off 105 which undone India, not kohl's 53 off 63 balls

Objectively speaking , Kohli failed in some key Knock out matches but surely scored more/contribued than he failed in knock outs. You should avoid confirmation bias and speak with stats/data.
Arguably the greatest player in ICC events? Surely has to be in the conversations.

His 55* against Pakistan in Kolkata 2016 wt20 is one of the most underappreciated knocks of all time. All the celebs (Amitabh, Sachin, Amir) were present in that match and India were under Huge pressure in that match after losing badly the opener against NZ and Kohli almost single handedly won us the match against Pakistan who were underwhelming with ball. That was a virtual knockout match against arch rivals for us due to poor net run rate after huge defeat against Nz.

Kohli also won the Man of the Series on 3 different occasions.

2014 WT20
2016 WT20
2023 ODI WC

No other batsmen has even won more than 1 Man of the Series award in ICC Tournaments.
 
SF 2015 - clearly failed
2023 final- 53 off 64 balls. He did not fail. if you have followed the match conditions/expert view, its pitch conditions ( bad pitch doctoring). The same pitch Pakistan was bundled out for 190 due to slowness/dryness of the pitch

Kohlis knock out in t20

2014 t20 semis against SA- Man of the match
2014 t20 final- 77 against SL
2016 t20 virtual quarter final against AUS- Man of the Match
2016 t20 semis- 87 off 48 .
2022 t20 pak league match- 26 off 8 needed. the famous/infamous two back to back sixes
2013 ODI champions trophy final - Highest run getter
2022 t20 final- 76 runs with India scoring highest runs in a world final.
2023 odi semifinal- Century
2023 ODI final- half century. Its KL Rahul's 66 off 105 which undone India, not kohl's 53 off 63 balls

Objectively speaking , Kohli failed in some key Knock out matches but surely scored more/contribued than he failed in knock outs. You should avoid confirmation bias and speak with stats/data.
Kphli is so overrated in ko stages. He never performs in ko stages of odi world cup that's why I actually don't rate him highly in odi


He had the worlds best attack in peak form in 2019. Dropped guess what shami and played yuzi channel and this babbu kumar.

Effin tulla. And then kept playing msd and jhadav when he knew they are past it. We could have won the wc in 2019.

In 2023 pitch played a role in the final and we were without pandya and pant. Pandya was key for us. Also I would say jaiswal should have played over sky. Sky has full pr so yea

@kron ???
 
SF 2015 - clearly failed
2023 final- 53 off 64 balls. He did not fail. if you have followed the match conditions/expert view, its pitch conditions ( bad pitch doctoring). The same pitch Pakistan was bundled out for 190 due to slowness/dryness of the pitch

Kohlis knock out in t20

2014 t20 semis against SA- Man of the match
2014 t20 final- 77 against SL
2016 t20 virtual quarter final against AUS- Man of the Match
2016 t20 semis- 87 off 48 .
2022 t20 pak league match- 26 off 8 needed. the famous/infamous two back to back sixes
2013 ODI champions trophy final - Highest run getter
2022 t20 final- 76 runs with India scoring highest runs in a world final.
2023 odi semifinal- Century
2023 ODI final- half century. Its KL Rahul's 66 off 105 which undone India, not kohl's 53 off 63 balls

Objectively speaking , Kohli failed in some key Knock out matches but surely scored more/contribued than he failed in knock outs. You should avoid confirmation bias and speak with stats/data.
I don’t think anyone from the whole subcontinent has ever delivered as much as Kohli did in ICC ko events.

The best KO player from Asia.

:vk
 
What happened in 2023 and 2015?
In 2015 World Cup also, Kohli again proved that he was the father of Pakistan by scoring a match winning hundred vs Pakistan.

He already gave heartbreak to Pakistan in that T20 World Cup 2022 which confirmed any doubts if anyone was having.
 
Virat Kohli loves playing at the Adelaide Oval
  • Matches: 4
  • Innings: 8
  • Runs: 509
  • High Score: 141
  • Average: 63.62
  • Strike Rate: 54.03
  • Hundreds: 3
  • Fifties: 1
 
In 2015 World Cup also, Kohli again proved that he was the father of Pakistan by scoring a match winning hundred vs Pakistan.

He already gave heartbreak to Pakistan in that T20 World Cup 2022 which confirmed any doubts if anyone was having.
I'm asking for Australia.

What you and @Devadwal don't understand is that Travis head has been the phupa of India in 2 icc events while Kohli has been the Rejected Bhanja of Australia in 2015 and 2023.

Travis Head > Kohli
 
BG 20024 final frontier for Kohli? I am not sure how this thread make sense.

Kohli's total number of tons in Aus > Last 10 years all Aus bastmen tons in India
Wow this is some stats. Kohli still has Four more game to score atleast one hundred.
 
King is global face of cricket .

Australian PM said "My personal doctor is a huge fan of Virat Kohli - fan isn't quite a word to explain how passionate he is for Virat Kohli. When I told him, I am gonna meet Virat Kohli, he couldn't believe - he asked me to get an autograph of Kohli
 
@FearlessRoar are you ready to witness another masterclass innings by King Kohli in australia?
:kp
On a serious note, On 90 percent of occasions (talking about Kohli of late) he would perform only when someone supports him from the other end or someone has just given team a stable start. Unlike Travis Head, he can't do great or start offensive on his own.
 
Adam Gilchrist said while speaking to a sports media outlet after the 2nd Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25:

"The biggest battle, is not with what's coming towards you from the bowler or the skill of the opposition, it's more about battle between your ears. So, not suggesting that Virat scrambled any sense, but maybe he's got to try and hone in on what Sachin Tendulkar did at the SCG. And say 'right he'd say, right, I'm not gonna go chase anything outside off stump. You come to me.' You just play the patience game."

"He's got enough experience under his belt to know that he's mentally tough. He's carried the weight of expectation since U-19 level, entering the IPL and becoming the icon that is. He should be able to say to himself, I'm going to do what's within my capacity to do the best thing for the team and if it's a long patient game, so be it. If you play long enough, you're probably gonna have to evolve with different ways and this might be an opportunity for Virat to do that."
 
Varat kohli
Is dog fences level crap

He averages 15 in 2024 in any chases under 400

In the last 5 years it's 26.75 lmao in chases

Biggest stat padder fodder of all time. Just like sanga

Travis head is 10 times better than this guy.

Most overrated test batsman of all time along with a few others.

Actually i am inclined to put even sanga over him.

pathetic loser. Never seen someone get a free pass for non performance. Desi indians worship him like he is god. Sure he won icc titles but tests is what creates legends.

that is shockingly bad. In any chase under 300 runs he has failed every time

even in chases in Ko stages. He never once stepped up in odi in difficult situarions.

travis head stood up for his team twice already.

In t20 he did play well thats about it.

in tests name me one performance by him in tough sena conditions for a match winning cause?

He only scores when opening duo already put up big scores. It doesn't count when you are 300 up for 2 like in the first test of this series. Bgt.

@mominsaigol

@Vikram1989
 
Varat kohli
Is dog fences level crap

He averages 15 in 2024 in any chases under 400

In the last 5 years it's 26.75 lmao in chases

Biggest stat padder fodder of all time. Just like sanga

Travis head is 10 times better than this guy.

Most overrated test batsman of all time along with a few others.

Actually i am inclined to put even sanga over him.

pathetic loser. Never seen someone get a free pass for non performance. Desi indians worship him like he is god. Sure he won icc titles but tests is what creates legends.

that is shockingly bad. In any chase under 300 runs he has failed every time

even in chases in Ko stages. He never once stepped up in odi in difficult situarions.

travis head stood up for his team twice already.

In t20 he did play well thats about it.

in tests name me one performance by him in tough sena conditions for a match winning cause?

He only scores when opening duo already put up big scores. It doesn't count when you are 300 up for 2 like in the first test of this series. Bgt.

@mominsaigol

@Vikram1989
Comparing an all format batter with one format specialists never made any sense to me.

Like for example a common criticism by @jeeteshssaxena is that Head is below crapola Indian batters because they happen to average higher is hilarious.

Travis Head is an all format batsmen. An all format batsmen who averages 40+ in tests and odi, Followed by a monster t20 sr of 160, Followed by wc final, wtc wins and has frequently owned the no 1 bowler (bumrah) is a quality act.

The truth is Travis Head is better then 99% of Indian batters to have ever played the game.

Don't get me wrong, Bumrah has also gotten the better of Head but the fact that these 2 have such a fierce Rivalry shows the class of Travis Head.

The biggest issue with Indian posters is that they overrate their players to stupidity.

Rohit, Sachin, Dhoni, Kohli, Laxman, Ashwin, Jadeja, Ganguly and many others are no where near as good as they are hyped to be. Their good but not even close to the hype that fraud Indians have generated.

The Indian cricketers I prefer are the likes of Dhawan, Sehwag, Bumrah and many others who are brilliant players but don't get the credit they deserve.

Sehwag stepped up on big occasions more then Sachin did( in odi's), similarly dhawan stepped up and carried India in icc events more so then rohit did.

Travis Head is > majority of Indian batters in its history. If he wasn't then the greatest bowler India has ever had aka bumrah and he wouldn't be rivals
 
Comparing an all format batter with one format specialists never made any sense to me.

Like for example a common criticism by @jeeteshssaxena is that Head is below crapola Indian batters because they happen to average higher is hilarious.

Travis Head is an all format batsmen. An all format batsmen who averages 40+ in tests and odi, Followed by a monster t20 sr of 160, Followed by wc final, wtc wins and has frequently owned the no 1 bowler (bumrah) is a quality act.

The truth is Travis Head is better then 99% of Indian batters to have ever played the game.

Don't get me wrong, Bumrah has also gotten the better of Head but the fact that these 2 have such a fierce Rivalry shows the class of Travis Head.

The biggest issue with Indian posters is that they overrate their players to stupidity.

Rohit, Sachin, Dhoni, Kohli, Laxman, Ashwin, Jadeja, Ganguly and many others are no where near as good as they are hyped to be. Their good but not even close to the hype that fraud Indians have generated.

The Indian cricketers I prefer are the likes of Dhawan, Sehwag, Bumrah and many others who are brilliant players but don't get the credit they deserve.

Sehwag stepped up on big occasions more then Sachin did( in odi's), similarly dhawan stepped up and carried India in icc events more so then rohit did.

Travis Head is > majority of Indian batters in its history. If he wasn't then the greatest bowler India has ever had aka bumrah and he wouldn't be rivals
You are not wrong

Put it this way.
Give bumrah and shami a head in the team. Guess what happens? India win more icc events. All those finals we lost no way we lose it. They just need one man to step up

Did rohit or kohli step up? In tests?

In t20 ok I will give them that somewhat. Even there both failed in the final. Virat got lucky in the final. He failed through out the group stages and semis.

Bumrah carries the team along with hardik and arshdeep. Arshdeep us clutch. I say try him in tests. 6.3 can swing and can bowl long spells. Keeps it tight.


Also not once did kohli or rohit ever step up in ko stages in finals. Never. Not in 2023
Not in 2019

Couldn't even chase a paltry 238 lmao.

Vs nz.

And then in 2015 ok that was vs an atg team in their backyard. That was tough to win but even there what did virat do? Got out in single digits

How can someone call him or rohit a legend????
Mind boggling.

Stats nor eye test nor performance back them up

I repeat Head >> virat rohit in all formats except t20

Head > ganguly, dravid etc in odi
 
You are not wrong

Put it this way.
Give bumrah and shami a head in the team. Guess what happens? India win more icc events. All those finals we lost no way we lose it. They just need one man to step up

Did rohit or kohli step up? In tests?

In t20 ok I will give them that somewhat. Even there both failed in the final. Virat got lucky in the final. He failed through out the group stages and semis.

Bumrah carries the team along with hardik and arshdeep. Arshdeep us clutch. I say try him in tests. 6.3 can swing and can bowl long spells. Keeps it tight.


Also not once did kohli or rohit ever step up in ko stages in finals. Never. Not in 2023
Not in 2019

Couldn't even chase a paltry 238 lmao.

Vs nz.

And then in 2015 ok that was vs an atg team in their backyard. That was tough to win but even there what did virat do? Got out in single digits

How can someone call him or rohit a legend????
Mind boggling.

Stats nor eye test nor performance back them up

I repeat Head >> virat rohit in all formats except t20

Head > ganguly, dravid etc in odi
It's also why I put yuvi > Rohit and every Indian posters threw a hissyfit.

Yuvi before cancer is 10x the player that HTB rohit is. The guy single handidely made sure that India was the first team to adapt to t20. And made sure that 2011 wc was sealed for India.
 
It's also why I put yuvi > Rohit and every Indian posters threw a hissyfit.

Yuvi before cancer is 10x the player that HTB rohit is. The guy single handidely made sure that India was the first team to adapt to t20. And made sure that 2011 wc was sealed for India.
Yes but yuvi dint perform in tests bro. Have to be a test great to be regarded as a true atg.

Head performed in tests too. Head away record in some other countries at the moment is a little poor but his career is not over. He can turn it around


He steps up in big games. A few more good away tours and he could go down as one of the greatest.
 
Sunil Gavaskar has urged Virat Kohli to overcome his off-stump line troubles and score as many as four hundreds while talking to local Indian sports broadcast media:

"If he scores a century in Brisbane, it will be great. It's an incentive as well as you know that you join a club if you score a century in Brisbane, the one to score a century everywhere in Australia."

"After that, going forward he will play in Melbourne and Sydney, where he has scored centuries. So he can score centuries there as well. It means he can score four centuries in the series."

"Even Bradman never had a series where he scored in every Test match. You are bound to fail in an odd Test. I hope his failure in Adelaide will be offset by strong performances in the remaining three Tests."

"With the slight issue he’s having outside the off-stump — which every batter experiences at some point — if he plays cautiously to those deliveries, the runs will come."
 
Doesn't have the work ethic of Gavaskar/Tendulkar/Dravid.

An MS Dhoni/Gautam Gambhir level player at best.
 
Virat should have some sense and he should quit right after this 3rd test. There is no BCCI is giving him chances and he has been pathetic for a long time now.

That fluke hundred in 1st test is saving his and he thinks that is enough for him,
 
Cheteshwar Pujara, while speaking to a local sports media outlet, said:

“He [Virat Kohli] has been forced to play the new ball. He has gotten out whenever he has played the new ball. When he played the old ball, he scored a hundred in Perth. So that’s also a very big point."

“His technique is not made for the new ball. His batting should come after 10, 15 or 20 overs. If he plays the new ball, the bowlers are fresh, and their confidence is also high. When they get two wickets, the entire team is charged up. So when you come to bat at that stage, it’s not easy."

“In the match, for some reason, he wants to leave the ball but is unable to, and the bat is going there. So he will have to stop himself. He will have to change his mindset. There is a tec hni cal part that you are playing a delivery outside off-stump. However, if you have to leave the same delivery, it’s not a very big tec hni cal adjustment but he needs to make a bigger mental adjustment."
 

Virat Kohli's Mentality Questioned As Experts Tear Into India Icon Over Repeated Flop Shows​


Virat Kohli's struggles against balls outside the off-stump in the ongoing Test series against Australia has the great Allan Border wondering if the Indian superstar has "just lost that edge". Kohli has fallen to balls outside the off-stump four out of five times in the series thus far, prompting comparisons with a similar slump in England back in 2014. On Monday, he was caught behind chasing a wide ball that he could have left alone.

"Today's dismissal, that's normally a delivery he would have left alone if he was in his best possible form,” Border was quoted as saying by Fox Cricket.

"I'm not sure what's going on with Virat mentally (and) whether he's just lost that edge.”

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is named after him and the Indian legend. Former England captain Michael Vaughan said Kohli has paid the price for not leaving enough balls. “He's a player who's going out there (and) almost trying to get on top too soon,” Vaughan said.

“When he plays at his best, particularly in Australia and England when the ball does a little bit more, he just leaves the ball. Most of his dismissals in this series have been balls that he could have left. I don't think he's got a jaffa,” he said.

 
Virat should be like thanks Bumrah and Akash for saving Aussies against my mighty cover drive.
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Virat Kohli in Tests at the MCG

2011 - 11 & 0
2014 - 169 & 54
2018 - 82 & 0
 
A golden opportunity for Virat today to silence his critics. MCG pitch is a batting paradise and his favorite too.. Time to do Kohli goes down the ground and out of the ground.
 
His Test career ended long back. What you see now is Kohli's financial career. He is milking every ounce he can. If i were him i would have retired long back.
 
We are used to seeing Virat always perform extraordinarily – it’s sad to witness his decline like this.
 
Former Australia cricketer Simon Katich said while commentating on a local media outlet:

"King is dead, he trudges off. King Bumrah has taken the mantle now. Kohli looks dejected with himself, That was a big knock for him. He has come up short and India now reeling at 3 for 33 as we head into lunch on Day 5 here."

"Australia will be very happy with the situation they find themselves in now for the rest of the day."
 
Today Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Manjrekar both shared the thoughts that Virat Kohli should continue for another 3 to 4 years. Thoughts from Indian fans...a recipe for disaster or great idea.
 
People needs to accept that Virat is no more same Virat. The way he is getting out on every match proves that he is no more concentrated otherwise a player can’t get out on same type of delivery in every match. He clear don’t want to improve.
 
He is finished. period

:kp
Being a fan of Kohli, I didn’t expect this kind of downfall from him. Maybe the BCCI will give him more Test matches to reach 10,000 runs, but based on his current form, he might need around 15 Test matches to achieve it.

So yes, my prediction was right BGT is the final frontier of his Test career.
 
Hmm I can’t believe it.

Kohli has not played a single Test match against Pakistan?

Same for Rohit Sharma I guess?

Is that true?

If so, what a shame. Would have been a good contest.
 
Kohli can still be good in ODI cricket, but I'd rather not see him go to England for tests and get humiliated unless he is able to do something superhuman and work out some sort of technique in the time he has before the tour.

Unfortunately the PR team have been at it and they were selling him as the leader of the team in the last game once they sniffed Rohit was on his way out. I don't think Kohli himself wants captaincy back but the idea was to show how valuable and indispensable he is to the team. It terrifyingly looks like we might have another Dhoni situation soon.
 
If he has an ounce of shame he would retire after this Test, least he wants to lay eggs even in the Test series against England in India.

Kohli and Rohit have nothing left in the tank anymore.​
Sorry, didn't know there is no Test series in the tour. India will be travelling to England instead in a few months for the Test series part.
 
If BCCI lets him play for another year, his Test average will fall below 45.
 
Today Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Manjrekar both shared the thoughts that Virat Kohli should continue for another 3 to 4 years. Thoughts from Indian fans...a recipe for disaster or great idea.

It's one incestuous circle with these people .. commentators, players, pundits.. hopefully coach Gambhir will put his foot down and get rid of the deadwood.
 
I'm surprised your opinion on him has changed.
Mamoon alaways knew I was right about Kohli. He was Just passing time trying to défend him.
Kohli is a white ball GOAT. They are only 2-3 batsmen in history whose LOI accomplishments can be compared to Kohli’s.

However, his last 5 years of Test cricket is the greatest decline in history of the game. Up until 2020, he was in the league of Sachin, Lara, Ponting as a Test batsman but now he has fallen behind the likes of Inzamam, Yousuf, Clarke etc. and is probably on par with guys like Pujara, Rahane.

You cannot be considered as one of the greats in Test cricket if you bat at 3,4,5 and average around 47.
 
He is done and dusted. People thinking he will be good for ODIs are in for a big surprise come the future ODI tournaments.

Champions Trophy is going to be his last international assignment most likely.
 
Kohli is a white ball GOAT. They are only 2-3 batsmen in history whose LOI accomplishments can be compared to Kohli’s.

However, his last 5 years of Test cricket is the greatest decline in history of the game. Up until 2020, he was in the league of Sachin, Lara, Ponting as a Test batsman but now he has fallen behind the likes of Inzamam, Yousuf, Clarke etc. and is probably on par with guys like Pujara, Rahane.

You cannot be considered as one of the greats in Test cricket if you bat at 3,4,5 and average around 47.
I reckon you are underrating him a little bit now.
He is better than Pujara, Rahane, Azhar Ali and Asad Shafique.
Chandimal and him are not that top far away from each other.
 
Kohli is below the league where Chanderpaul (Chanderpaul has high average because of not out like Dhoni in ODI) and KP are
 
Virat Kohli was never consistent enough to be considered a GOAT in Test Cricket, he was extremely good for years and poor for the past few years.

In ODI, he was great and still good enough.
 
Because the time to make that phone call has sadly passed the king is already 36.

The following incident happened in 2018. This is 2024. I am sure this was not the oldest. He has been doing this for more than 6 years. My problem is i don't care if he gets out playing this shot. Don't care how he gets out. At the end of the day he is not scoring runs. That is what matters. INdian selection committee should look at that way. They shouldn't give him endless chances to "fix" this unfixable issue. That should not be their concern. Their concern should be just the output.

10.3 absolutely stunning by Khawaja at gully! What a huge, huge moment in the Test. This is full and angling away, Kohli can't resist temptation to drive, pushes hard at the delivery. He's done in by a hint of extra bounce. This absolutely flies off the edge and may have beaten Khawaja yet, but he took a step to his left and then put out a full stretch dive to pluck it through his left hand. Screamer, absolute screamer and India are in trouble or what. 19/3
 
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