London. Questions are being raised about the form of Virat Kohli for a long time. He could not play a big innings once again in the practice match (India vs Leicestershire Warm Up Match). Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat. But the start of the team was not good and they lost 5 wickets for 81 runs. After this, Kohli tried to handle the team with an unbeaten half-century partnership with wicket-keeper batsman KS Bharat. But Kohli went on after scoring 33 runs. Till the time of writing the news, India has scored 162 runs for 6 wickets in 45 overs on the first day. KS Bharat 21 and Umesh Yadav are playing on 8 runs. The only Test against England is to start from July 1.
Virat Kohli scored 33 runs off 69 balls. Hits 4 fours and a six. He played his last first-class match against Sri Lanka in March. He was lbw off the delivery of fast bowler Roman Walker. Kohli shared a 57-run partnership with Bharat. 21-year-old Walker has taken 5 out of 7 wickets so far. Apart from Kohli, the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Hanuma Vihari and Ravindra Jadeja are also included in this. Rohit Sharma scored 25 runs.
Added 35 runs for the first wicket
The Indian team did not lose a single wicket in the first 9 overs. In the 10th over, Will Davis gave the first blow to the team by dismissing Shubman Gill. He scored 21 runs off 28 balls. Hit 4 fours. After this, Rohit and Hanuma Vihari became the victim of Walker after scoring 3 runs. After the fall of 3 wickets for 54 runs, the team expected from Shreyas Iyer. But he fell victim to fast bowler famous Krishna on 11 balls without opening the account.
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Ravindra Jadeja hit 2 fours as soon as he came. But he became lbw on the ball of Walker after scoring 13 runs off 13 balls. After this, Shardul Thakur became the 5th victim of Walker by scoring 6 runs. Now the team will have hope from KS Bharat. Umesh Yadav is at the crease with him.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 23, 2022, 19:39 IST