Why Virat Kohli's duck in Perth was rare: Key stats
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Indian batter Virat Kohli's return to international cricket lasted just eight balls. Kohli, playing his first match for India since the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final, recorded a duck against Australia in Perth. In the 1st ODI, he departed without scoring after Australia elected to field. Kohli fell to Mitchell Starc, being unable to rotate the strike. Here are the key stats.
Batting collapse
India's top order crumbles
India were off to a shaky start after Australia elected to field. Rohit Sharma departed after playing a resounding straight drive. India lost their next wicket in the form of Kohli. His dismissal left India reeling at 21/2. Kohli struggled for seven straight balls as he was unable to score a run. He finally fell to Starc as a thick outside edge took the ball to backward point at Cooper Connolly.
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Unwanted feat for Kohli
According to Cricbuzz, Starc has become the second bowler to dismiss Kohli for a duck twice after James Anderson across formats. Notably, the Indian batter has fallen to Starc as many as eight times in international cricket.
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Rare duck for Kohli
According to Cricbuzz, this was the first instance of Kohli recording a duck in 30 ODI innings in Australia. As of now, the Indian dasher has slammed 802 runs from 19 ODI innings at 44.55 Down Under. His tally includes 3 tons.