Virat Kohli’s return to competitive cricket after a short break did not last long as he was dismissed for just 9 runs by Shakib Al Hasan during the first ODI. India and Bangladesh on Sunday. Kohli went after an outside off delivery from the all-rounder and was surprised when Bangladesh skipper Liton Das dived full length to his right and fired a one-handed stunner to send him packing.
Kohli was quickly moved to No. 3 after opener Shikhar Dhawan attempted a reverse sweep, as Bangladesh opted to bowl first at the Shere Bangla National Stadium after Mehidy Hasan scored 7 runs in the sixth over of the Indian innings.
After hitting a boundary, Kohli saw his skipper Rohit Sharma clean bowled by Shakib for 27, before he himself was dismissed later in the same over.
Watch Liton’s amazing catch below:-
Earlier, the BCCI revealed that Rishabh Pant has been released from the India ODI squad after consultation with the medical team. The wicketkeeper-batsman, however, will join the squad for the two Test matches that follow the ODI series.
BCCI said that there will be no place in the team in place of Pant. In Pant’s absence, top-order batsman KL Rahul will look after the ‘keeping gloves’.
With the ODI World Cup less than 12 months away, India will start building a pool of players for the marquee event. Although captain Rohit Sharma says that the team is not thinking that far ahead.
“The World Cup is still far away, we don’t want to look too far ahead. We want to focus on what we have in hand and play accordingly,” Rohit said.
This is India’s first ODI series in Bangladesh in seven years.
The second ODI will be played on Wednesday while the third will be played on Saturday.
The Test series starts on 14 December.
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