First Time In 13 Years! Virat Kohli Out For A Duck In...

Virat Kohli came out to bat at No. 3 for India in the first ODI of the ongoing three-match series against Australia on Sunday (October 19) in Perth but failed to open his account. He faced 8 balls during

his stay at the crease at Optus Stadium but was unable to score even one run. He was sent back to the pavilion by Mitchell Starc when, on the first ball of the seventh over of India’s innings.

Cooper Connolly produced a super effort on the field and completed his catch by diving to his left.

VIRAT KOHLI GONE FOR A DUCK!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/cg9GbcMRAE

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 19, 2025

The duck by Kohli was a big shock for Indian fans who came in huge numbers at Optus Stadium to watch him play for India after 224 days.

The duck by Kohli is also his first zero in 30 ODI innings in Australia.

Kohli, who is the third-highest run-getter in ODIs, has played a total of 30 ODIs in Australia so far, but October 19, 2025, was the first time he got out for a duck.

Virat Kohli’s performance in ODIs in Australia

OPPOSITION	RUNS	BALLS	VENUE	DATE
Australia	31	34	Melbourne	February 5, 2012
Sri Lanka	77	94	Perth (WACA)	February 8, 2012
Australia	18	28	Adelaide	February 12, 2012
Sri Lanka	15	25	Adelaide	February 14, 2012
Australia	12	25	Brisbane	February 19, 2012
Sri Lanka	66	83	Brisbane	February 21, 2012
Australia	21	27	Sydney	February 26, 2012
Sri Lanka	133*	86	Hobart	February 28, 2012
Australia	9	16	Melbourne	January 18, 2015
England	4	8	Brisbane	January 20, 2015
Australia	3*	9	Sydney	January 26, 2015
England	8	19	Perth (WACA)	January 30, 2015
Pakistan	107	126	Adelaide	February 15, 2015
South Africa	46	60	Melbourne	February 22, 2015
UAE	33*	41	Perth (WACA)	February 28, 2015
West Indies	33	36	Perth (WACA)	March 6, 2015
Bangladesh	3	8	Melbourne	March 19, 2015
Australia	1	13	Sydney	March 26, 2015
Australia	91	97	Perth (WACA)	January 12, 2016
Australia	59	67	Brisbane	January 15, 2016
Australia	117	117	Melbourne	January 17, 2016
Australia	106	92	Canberra	January 20, 2016
Australia	8	11	Sydney	January 23, 2016
Australia	3	8	Sydney	January 12, 2019
Australia	104	112	Adelaide	January 15, 2019
Australia	46	62	Melbourne	January 18, 2019
Australia	21	21	Sydney	November 27, 2020
Australia	89	87	Sydney	November 29, 2020
Australia	63	78	Canberra	December 2, 2020
Australia	0	8	Perth (Optus)	October 19, 2025

The duck by Kohli on Sunday is his 39th zero score in 551 matches for India. Only Zaheer Khan (44) and Ishant Sharma (40) have scored more ducks in international cricket than him among Indian batters.

Most ducks by Indian batters in international cricket

PLAYER	MATCHES	DUCKS
Zaheer Khan	309	44
Ishant Sharma	199	40
Virat Kohli	551	39
Harbhajan Singh	367	37
Jasprit Bumrah	214	35

Apart from Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill also failed to do much with the bat in the first ODI. While Rohit got out for 8 runs from 14 balls, Gill made 10 runs from 18 balls.