IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli records first-ever duck in World Cup history as England make impossible possible

With an intent to crack his 49th ODI ton, Virat Kohli stepped onto the pitch but David Willey dismissed him for a duck to leave India reeling at 27/2.

Abhijeet Kumar Singh

• Sun • 29 Oct 2023

India's batting juggernaut Virat Kohli returns to pavilion after recording a nine-ball duck against England.

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Virat Kohli has so far scored 354 runs in the ODI World Cup 2023 so far.

Rohit Sharma-led India took on England in hunt of their sixth straight victory at the Ekana stadium in the ongoing ODI World Cup on Sunday, October 29. Jos Buttler won flip of the coin in commanded India to bat first. But what happened next was something India weren't prepared for. England did the impossible possible as they sent Virat Kohli packing without letting him score a single runs. With this Kohli recorded his first ever duck in the history of World Cup.

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Despite David Willey delivering a maiden over to start, India's opener Rohit Sharma kicked off the innings in his typical style. England's Chris Woakes quickly removed Shubman Gill, having him out for just 9 runs. Soon after, aiming to achieve his 49th ODI century and tie a record, Virat Kohli stepped onto the pitch in the closing moments of the fourth over. However, his time at the crease was cut short when Willey dismissed him, marking his first ever duck in the World Cup.

Kohli scored a nine-ball duck before returning to the hut as his streak of 56 innings without a duck in World Cups finally came to an end.

This was also his first duck of 2023 as before the game against England Kohli featured in 32 innings and had amassed 1384 runs at an average of 53.23 avoiding getting dismissed on zero.

Notably, this was Kohli 16th duck in ODIs and third against English side in the One Day Internationals.

Before the match, Kohli stood as India's top run-getter and second overall to notch most runs in the ongoing ODI World Cup. He accumulated 354 runs in five games, boasting an outstanding average of 118 and a commendable strike rate of 90.53 riding on a century and three fifties.

Meanwhile, after losing the toss Rohit said,“We wanted to bat first, we have had a good time batting second. It’s a good surface, it has played well for the 100 overs. It’s quite important to think like that and is also important to play well. We have played some good cricket. It's always good to have a break. It's nice to come back here and get back into business. We are playing the same team we played in the last game.”

India's Playing XI

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj