Virat Kohli was run out for the first time in Tests at home when the former India skipper fell short of his crease on Day 1 of the third and final game against New Zealand on Friday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Coming into bat after the fall of nightwatchman Mohd Siraj, Kohli drove a flighted delivery off Rachin Ravindra towards mid-on.
The right-hander called for a single but fell short of his crease by a couple of yards as Matt Henry’s direct throw dislodged the stumps at the bowler’s end. Not only the dismissal left Kohli furious, India head coach Gautam Gambhir was also caught on camera with a stoic look.
Even, former India cricketer Ravi Shastri on air said, “India committing harakiri in the last 10 minutes.” Kohli’s run out was India’s third wicket to fall down within a space of 10 balls. He managed just four runs.
Before that over, India had lost Yashasvi Jaiswal and nightwatchman Mohammed Siraj to Ajaz Patel. Meanwhile, India had lost skipper Rohit Sharma to Henry at the start of the innings.
Earlier, the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar shared nine wickets between them to bowl out New Zealand for 235. Left-arm spinner Jadeja returned with 5/65, while young off-spinner Washington bagged 4/81 as the visitors were bowled out in 65.4 overs after opting to bat.
Jadeja first broke the defiance of Will Young, who scored a well-made 71 off 138 balls, before dismissing Tom Blundell for a duck just two balls later. Before the tea interval, Jadeja also bowled Glenn Phillips for 17.
With these five wickets, Jadeja entered the top five in the list of Indian bowlers with most Test wickets. Jadeja now has 314 wickets in his tally and is behind Anil Kumle (619), Ravichandran Ashwin (533), Kapil Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh (417).
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