India let go a golden opportunity to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne for a duck as Virat Kohli dropped a sitter off Jasprit Bumrah during the Australian innings on the opening day of the first Test on Friday at the Optus Stadium in Perth. After getting bowled out for 150 in their first essay, India were off to a great start when Bumrah got the better of debutant Nathan McSweeney in the third over.
That brought Labuschagne into the middle who blocked the Indian captain for his first ball in this Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However, the right-hander, unable to cope up with a full-length delivery, poked and got a healthy edge which went straight to Kohli.
The former India captain didn’t had to do much as he got his hands underneath the ball. However, the red cherry popped out of Kohli’s hands. His teammates through the catch was completed but Kohli signalled he spilled the catch.
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