[Watch] Virat Kohli presses self-destruct with a horrible run-out before stumps in 3rd IND vs NZ 2024 Test
India's number four Virat Kohli was involved in another run-out on Friday, this time his own, in the third India-New Zealand Test at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.
With the match precariously placed at 84/3, he tried to take a risky single against Rachin Ravindra's bowling but was caught short on the dive by Matt Henry's rocket pick-up and throw from mid-off. He was out for just four (6) -- his fifth straight low score in the series -- leaving India at 84/4 in the last over before stumps on Day 1.
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The run-out would have been a shock to the dressing room for a lot of reasons. Kohli had come out smiling and started his innings confidently against spin, even hitting an easy boundary against Ravindra on the previous ball before his wicket.
With only a few minutes left to stumps, there was no need to take that big a risk for just one run. Still, he often picks his fielders for these singles but Henry is one of the good ones in an overall brilliant fielding side. This was only the fourth time Virat Kohli was run out in Tests and twice in two years, with the last one in July 2023.
His running has been jittery amid poor batting form. In the last match, his miscommunication with Rishabh Pant led to the latter losing his wicket cheaply, while Kohli himself could've got out the same way later in that game.
Virat Kohli's wicket caps a horrible 15 minutes for India
India went to stumps on the opening day at 86/4 when just a few minutes before the hosts were cantering at 78/1.
Well-set opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was the first to fall in this disastrous phase, trying to play a reverse sweep on the wrong line against Ajaz Patel and losing his stumps. India sent out Mohammed Siraj as the night watch-man but he was trapped LBW on his first ball and burnt a review before going back.
Kohli and Gill's failure to see off the last over means India are 149 runs behind in the first innings and have six wickets in the bag to take a lead.