Virat Kohli’s run on Day 1 of the India-Australia day-night event has got the cricket world talking. Kohli was hitting 74 before running out of a poor call from teammate Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane called for a quick single and when Kohli took off, his teammate retracted, leaving the India captain in the middle of the field. Nathan Lyon picked up the ball and ran out of Kohli to break a menacing-looking 188-run partnership.
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Since Kohli’s firing was due to a bad call from his partner, people talked about whether Rahane should have kept running and probably sacrificed his window for his captain, Kohli. After the game, Sanjay Manjrekar and Glenn McGrath discussed whether there was scope for Rahane to make that decision in that split second.
Kohli runs off after horrible confusion with Rahane – WATCH
Manjrekar was of the same opinion and said that he once had a similar burnout experience, where due to his mistake, his partner, none other than Sachin Tendulkar, had to pay the price. “I have a similar experience executing Sachin Tendulkar. And I don’t remember sacrificing my window either, ”Manjrekar said on Sony Sports Network’s ‘Extraaa Innings’ show.
“Look, because they were looking to take singles, a lot of fast singles and they run pretty fast through the gates. He got engaged but then said no right away and stopped, “McGrath said.
“Whether you have that split second, I’m the worst person to talk to about running through the gates, but if you stopped, then realize that ‘My captain is going to run out of money, I’ll just do it and sacrifice my wicket, you have to be really turned on to think like that. “
Kohli’s wicket proved to be the turning point of Day 1 when India lost to Rahane, Hanuma Vihari shortly after being down six. Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha made sure there was no more to lead India to 233 of six at the end of the game.
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