Virat Kohli’s lean patch is not ending in international cricket. After an impressive fifty in the first ODI against South Africa, he was dismissed for a duck in the second match of the series.
Keshav Maharaj dismissed the 33-year old. He has joined Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina on an unwanted list. The 5-ball duck was Virat’s 14 in one-day internationals, equaling the number of the two former players.
The list is headed by Sachin Tendulkar, who registered 20 such scores.
Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan was the first wicket to fall, with the left-handed batter perishing on the delivery of Aiden Markram.
India won the toss and chose to bat first against South Africa on Friday as it looks to keep the one-day international series alive.
South Africa leads the three-game series 1-0, and India needs to win the second game in Paarl to have a chance of taking something from its tour. India lost the test series 2-1 last week.
India selected an unchanged lineup from the first ODI. South Africa made one change by bringing seam bowler Sisanda Magala for Marco Jansen.
South Africa won the opening ODI by 31 runs on Wednesday after centuries by captain Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen.
Lineups:
South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (captain), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi.
India: KL Rahul (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal.