Virat Kohli bowled two overs for India against Australia in their T20 World Cup practice match.© Twitter
India had a lot of raised eyebrows during T20 world cup practice match Virat Kohli took the responsibility of bowling for two overs against Australia in Dubai on Wednesday. The India captain, who handed over the captaincy of the day to Rohit Sharma, was handed the ball in the seventh over when Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith were at the crease for Australia. Kohli started well and conceded just four runs in his opening over. He was brought back in the 13th over Then. This time, Kohli went for eight, with Marcus Stoinis hitting him for a boundary.
Watch the video of Kohli bowling his first over here:
Smith hit a half-century after recovering from Australia’s opening blows at the ICC Academy in Dubai.
Earlier in the day, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first.
At the toss, India’s captain for the day Rohit said that by the time India resume their T20 World Cup campaign, all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be ready to resume bowling.
He also indicated that the team will try a few different options for the sixth bowler and in the batting order during Wednesday’s game.
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“We want to make sure we get the 6th bowling option, some options in the batting order as well, we will try all those things today. Hardik is coming along well, but it will take him some time to start bowling. He hasn’t started bowling, but he should be ready by the start of the tournament,” Rohit said at the toss.
India will start their campaign in the Super 12 stage against arch-rivals Australia in Dubai on October 24.
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