Of course, Virat Kohli flopped with the bat in the first ODI match played in Perth on Sunday, but before the start of the match, he did something which made the fans crazy about him. In fact, before the start of the match, when the teams were going for the national anthem, Kohli took an important step and asked captain Shubman Gill and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer to lead the team.
This video of Kohli is going viral very fast on social media. This match was special in many ways, especially because the fans got a chance to see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma playing together in the ODI format after a long time. Both the legendary players have retired from T20 and Test cricket and there was huge excitement about their return to the blue jersey.
Talking about this match, after getting the invitation to bat first Indian team had a bad start and top 4 batsmen Rohit Sharma, captain Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer got out cheaply and returned to the pavilion. After the match was stopped several times due to rain, the number of overs was reduced to 26 overs per innings. The Indian team scored 136 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 26 overs, but the target was reduced to 131 runs as per Duckworth Lewis rule. KL Rahul scored 38 runs in 31 balls, hitting two fours and two sixes. Whereas Akshar played an inning of 31 runs in 38 balls. In the end Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 19 unbeaten runs.
The Australian team, which came to chase the target, got the first blow in the form of Travis Head (8) on a total score of 10 runs. After this, Matthew Short (8) also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Mitchell Marsh along with Josh Philip took over the innings and added 55 runs for the third wicket. Phillip played an innings of 37 runs in 29 balls, saying that he played for Australia after four years in the ODI format. Whereas Marsh held one end with composure and scored unbeaten 46 runs in 52 balls, hitting two fours and two sixes. Apart from this, Matt Renshaw, playing his debut match, scored unbeaten 21 runs in 24 balls.
