{"id":225234,"date":"2025-10-19T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/225234\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:51:10","slug":"virat-kohli-dismissed-for-a-duck-in-return-following-retirement-mitchell-starc-odi-australia-versus-india-highlights-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/225234\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli dismissed for a duck in return following retirement; Mitchell Starc ODI Australia versus India highlights results"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rusty Virat Kohli<\/a> has been dismissed for an eight ball duck in the first ODI clash between Australia<\/a> and India<\/a> in Perth.<\/p>\n

A mistimed shot off the bowling of Mitchell Starc<\/a> gave Cooper Connolly a half chance at backward point, with the Aussie taking a diving cash to end the 36-year-old’s afternoon.<\/p>\n

Kohli retired from Test and T20 cricket in 2025, but is continuing on in the 50-over format, with the 2027 World Cup in his sights. <\/p>\n

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However, his lack of competitive cricket in the second half of the year might have come back to bite him in Perth.<\/p>\n

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Virat Kohli after being dismissed. \u00a0Fox Cricket<\/p>\n

It was the first time Kohli has ever been dismissed for no score in ODI cricket in Australia.<\/p>\n

“You could almost feel that coming with the pressure building on Virat Kohli. As experienced as he is, you could see him getting a little bit itchy,” Mark Waugh told Fox Cricket after the wicket.<\/p>\n

Speaking before the game, Kohli said he was feeling refreshed after the break from cricket.<\/p>\n

“Well to be honest the amount of cricket I’ve played over the last 15-20 years, I’ve actually not rested at all, if that makes sense,” Kohli told Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

“I’ve probably played the most number of games over the last 15 years in international cricket, combining the IPL together as well.<\/p>\n

“For me, it was a very refreshing time off. I’m feeling as fit, if not fitter, than I’ve ever been before and you can just feel the freshness when you know you can play the game and mentally you know what to do out there.<\/p>\n

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Virat Kohli pre-match in Perth.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“It’s just the physical preparation that needs to be really taken care of. At this stage I realise that if my body is fit and my reflexes are there, then the game awareness is already there, my body has to match up with it.<\/p>\n

“That’s something I try to keep up with. I live my life like that. No issues at all. I’m feeling fresh coming into Australia and moving well in the nets. All going good so far.”<\/p>\n

The 2027 Cricket World Cup will take place in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Kohli will be nearly 40 by the time the tournament comes around.<\/p>\n

India found itself in trouble early, with Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Kohli all dismissed cheaply, before a rain delay at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n

When play resumed India was 4-52 with the match shortened to 26 overs each. <\/p>\n

India finished 9-136 with KL Rahul hitting 38. Mitch Owen took 2-20 from three overs on debut. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rusty Virat Kohli has been dismissed for an eight ball duck in the first ODI clash between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-225234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}