Cricket fans from all around the world were eagerly waiting for Sunday (October 19) to watch Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in action for India after more than seven months, but in their first international
match after 224 days, both the former Indian captains failed to do much with the bat. While Rohit scored 8 runs from 14 balls during his stay at the crease, Kohli was unable to open his account even after playing eight balls.
Rohit was the first batter to get out on Sunday. On the fourth ball of the fourth over, Matt Renshaw completed his catch off Josh Hazlewood’s bowling, and on the first ball of the seventh over, left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc accounted for the dismissal of Virat.
The legendary batter was caught by Cooper Connolly, who produced a super fielding effort.
The flop show by Rohit and Kohli invited them sharp criticism from fans and they even trolled them with several hilarious memes.
Here’s a look:
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) October 19, 2025
Kehe do ki ye jutt hai 🥹🙏🏻#ViratKohli #RohitSharma #IndianCricket #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/osN9rVypJB
— Maltiशर्मा (@maltiSharmaa) October 19, 2025
Legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli once again 🤡#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/yGtPA8wRkN
— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) October 19, 2025
Rohit sharma and Virat Kohli fans😭#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #RohitSharma #ViratKohli #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/tLBapFCKT6
— Team Amaal FC 👑 (@jabraViratFan) October 19, 2025
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma GOAT 🤡#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Qf5L8vyCxN
— Sajcasm (@sajcasm_) October 19, 2025
#INDvsAUS
Gautam Gambhir To Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma 😭 pic.twitter.com/Kgu5pIoOb0— theboysthing (@theboysthing07) October 19, 2025
#INDvsAUS #ViratKohli #RohitSharma
Rohit-Virat
Past Performance Hype Match Day pic.twitter.com/IleV2h45uW— @ñkür🔭 (@ankurtweetsyo) October 19, 2025
Bhaichara on top
Rohit Sharma 🤝 Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/TEVamkhpEG— AVOID (@aaaa_voidd) October 19, 2025
#INDvsAUS
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma Retirement Loading 😭 pic.twitter.com/jXBBbUiHMk— theboysthing (@theboysthing07) October 19, 2025
#INDvsAUS
Rohit Sharma aur Virat Kohli kyoo hueee yrrr 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nW7A0NdMkd— Shivam🖤 (@memes_from_mars) October 19, 2025
Gambhir and Gill watching Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fail 😭😂#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/2SB26SSCSQ
— Ministry Of Sarcasm (@M_OfSarcasm) October 19, 2025
Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli Ka Rog 😂😂#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/6Y428jKlnp
— रचित M (inactive) 💛 (@rachit1m) October 19, 2025
Me after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli get out 💔😭
#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/4OkERzd1Ec
— Pratyaksha (@Pratya_ksha) October 19, 2025
Scene after Mitchell Starc dismiss Virat Kohli for a duck ft Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harshit Rana 🤡#INDvsAUS #RoKo pic.twitter.com/TvuZ6X1hdJ
— revengeseeker (@revengeseekerr) October 19, 2025
Me after turning off TV pic.twitter.com/n3L2JRbiRI
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) October 19, 2025
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) October 19, 2025
Virat Kohli makes a comeback with an outside edge 💔 pic.twitter.com/XSWrKRWa9t
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) October 19, 2025
After Rohit and Kohli, Shubman Gill also returned back to the pavilion. In his first ODI as India captain, Gill could only manage to score 10 runs from 18 balls. He was caught by Josh Philippe on the first ball of the ninth over.