Rohit Sharma on Virat Kohli’s duck in the thrilling third Twenty20 International: “He tried to go hard from the word go.”

In the second innings of his T20I comeback, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli registered his first-ever golden duck, making it an unmemorable outing. On Wednesday, January 17, at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, during the third Twenty20 International, the right-handed batsman was caught off guard by Afghanistan’s Fareed Ahmed, who blasted his opening delivery straight to Ibrahim Zadran at mid-off.

India captain Rohit Sharma responded to Virat Kohli’s dismissal by saying that the 35-year-old attempted to go hard right away, something he doesn’t often do. Notably, in the second Twenty20 International, Virat Kohli again faced the Afghanistan seamers early in his innings. He amassed a quick twenty-nine (16) before being caught at mid-off by Naveen ul Haq.

As you saw today, Virat Kohli attempted to exert himself right away.

“All we have to do is make sure the players understand their roles and the style of cricket we want them to play. When they emerge onto the ground, the boys are prepared for what lies next. Normally, he would not do so, but he made his intentions clear. Rohit said to Jio Cinema, “Samson went out the first ball, but the intent was there.

He surpassed his idol Sachin Tendulkar in the dismal record for the most ducks by an Indian batsman (excluding tailenders) with his fifth duck in Twenty20 Internationals and his 35th duck overall in international cricket. The batsman, who was born in Delhi, was also only six runs away from becoming the first Indian to reach 12,000 T20 runs, but he was unable to reach the mark at the home field of his IPL team, Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Notably, Kohli has amassed 11,994 runs in 359 innings in T20 cricket at an average of 41.21 and a strike rate of 133.42, with 91 fifties and 8 hundreds. With 11156 runs from 413 innings, India captain Rohit Sharma is the second Indian on the list.

In the third T20I, Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh save India.

In the third Twenty20 International, India overcame 22/4 to reach 212/4 thanks to a record-breaking 190*-run stand for the fifth wicket off 95 balls between Rohit Sharma (121* off 69) and Rinku Singh (69* off 39). Afghanistan responded by tying the score with fifty runs each from Gulbadin Naib (55* off 23), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (50 off 32), and Ibrahim Zadran (50 off 41). Two super overs were used to determine the winner of the match, and Ravi Bishnoi helped the Men in Blue win by successfully defending 11 runs in the second over.