Virat Kohli was seen bowling in the second warm-up match against Australia.
India captain Virat Kohli may not have batted against Australia in the 2021 T20 World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday (October 20), but he turned up with the ball. Kohli came to bowl in the 7th over of the Australia innings and conceded only four runs.
Australia batters Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith were at the crease and they could only collect four singles off the last four deliveries in the over. After facing Kohli, Smith imitated his action trying to understand what he was bowling.
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Kohli bowled another over after succeeding in keeping the Aussies quiet in his first over. His second over in the match came in the 13th over of Australia's innings when they were 73/4 and Maxwell was dismissed. Marcus Stoinis and Smith were on the crease and he conceded only 8 runs in the over.
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Earlier during the toss, stand-in captain Rohit Sharma had said they might look for their 6th bowling option with Hardik Pandya currently not being available for the all-round role.
"Myself, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav will try to chip in as the 6th Bowling option if needed (laugh) but we have the 5 Quality Bowlers as well but need 6th Bowling options but let's see," said Rohit at the toss.