- By Vishal Pushkar
- Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:47 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
India vs Australia ODI: Indian talismanic batter Virat Kohli's underwhelming return to international cricket turned into a horror as he fell for a four-ball duck in the ongoing 2nd ODI between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Notably, this is Kohli's second duck in this series so far, as he scored an eight-ball duck at the Optus Stadium in Perth.
Australian seamer Xavier Bartlett got the better of Kohli as he struck him in front of the wickets. Notably, Bartlett took advantage of the seam in the surface as Kohli got caught on the crease.
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However, Kohli, on his way back to the pavilion, experienced applause from the Adelaide Oval. As soon as the video dropped on social media, it went viral instantly. Check out the video here:
VIRAT KOHLI GONE FOR HIS SECOND DUCK OF THE SERIES!#AUSvIND | #PlayoftheDay | @BKTtires pic.twitter.com/jqIdvMeX9T
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 23, 2025
Many deemed the gesture from Kohli as a recognition of his final knock at the iconic ground where he has been the best-performing batter, who is not from Australia.
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in the second ODI here on Thursday.
India are unchanged, while Australia made two changes, bringing in Alex Carey for Josh Philippe and Xavier Bartlett in place of Nathan Ellis.
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India National Cricket Team vs Austalian Mens Cricket Team Players:
India: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.