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NEW DELHI: In an undesirable record, star India batter Virat Kohli on Sunday was dismissed for a duck for the very first time ever in ODI World Cups.
The uncalled for record for Kohli came versus England in India’s 6th match of the cricketing extravaganza in Lucknow.
Left-arm fast David Willey declared the valued scalp after Kohli played a loose shot to be captured at mid-off by Ben Stokes and strolled off to shocked silence at the Ekana Stadium.
Sunday’s 9-ball duck was Kohli’s 16th in ODIs in his 275th innings.
Kohli fell in the seventh over of the India innings as England’s quick bowlers struck early blows in their must-win clash.
With the nought versus England, Kohli (34) likewise equated to Sachin Tendulkar’s record of many ducks for India in worldwide cricket– while batting in leading 7.
Ball game of 0 likewise ended Kohli’s streak of 56 innings without a duck in World Cups.
Kohli has actually scored 13,437 perform at approximately over 58 considering that his launching in 2008.
The 34-year-old stays one century far from equating to all-time fantastic Sachin’s record of 49 ODI hundreds.
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Former captain Kohli has actually remained in great type at this 50-over masterpiece, striking a match-winning 95 versus New Zealand recently.
He began by scoring 85 in India’s opening match versus Australia and followed it up with a 55 not out (Afghanistan), 16 (Pakistan), 103 not out (Bangladesh).
(With inputs from AFP)