'Two Ducks Out Of...': Ravi Shastri Trolls Virat Kohli After Horrible Run Ends

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri roasted ace batter Virat Kohli after the latter registered two consecutive ducks against Australia in the first two ODIs of the three-match series, but made it all up with a brilliant 74-run knock in the third ODI, although it was a dead rubber.

After Harshit Rana-led bowlers restricted Australia to a below-par 236, Rohit (121 not out) and Kohli (74 not out) stitched a 168-run alliance in just 170 deliveries for the second wicket to take India to 237/1 in the 39th over.

Australia clinched the three-match series 2-1, but Rohit and Kohli gave the jubilant Sydney crowd what they came for, trademark knocks that not only showed their class but spared India the embarrassment of a whitewash as well. 

“You two old dogs

still have a sting in the tail,” Shastri began the jokes with a comment on Rohit and Kohli’s enduring class, as Rohit responded with a smile.

“Here are the two ducks out of the pond,” Shastri then went at Kohli with a funny remark, pointing at his bizarre outings.

“Good to be out of the pond, honestly. Well, you know, I kind of lost… You’ve scored so many runs in international cricket, but then the game shows you everything, even at this stage, almost 37 in not many days and still you can feel like you don’t know how to get a run,” Kohli said during a post-match chat.

Rohit was all fluency and wholehearted shot-making and Kohli resembled a mathematician solving a puzzle with meticulousness.

After captain Shubman Gill departed following a 69-run opening partnership with his senior partner, Rohit took charge of the chase in trademark fashion, crafting a sublime innings en route to his 33rd ODI hundred. 

Rohit, who has 12 Test and five T20I hundreds to his credit, started well with two elegant drives and flicks off Mitchell Starc before shifting gears into his dominant self once Adam Zampa entered the attack.