3 bowlers who dismissed Virat Kohli for a golden duck in ODI cricket

Virat Kohli is one of the greatest ODI batsmen of all time. His consistency in the 50-over format is just outstanding. Hardly an ODI series goes by where Virat doesn’t play a couple of match-defining innings for India and he has been doing that for years.

If Virat gets out for a duck in an ODI, it’s a big event in itself and if it’s a golden duck, it’s a shocking event. It has, however, happened a few times in the career of the Indian captain when he has been a bit tentative facing the first ball of his innings and the bowler has been able to induce a false stroke.

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Here are the 3 bowlers who dismissed Virat Kohli for a golden duck in ODI cricket

#3 Kieron Pollard

Kieron Pollard

It was the 2nd game of the ODI series between India and West Indies which was held on 18th December 2019 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. India batted first and got off to a great start with their two openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul registered a double hundred partnership.

When Rahul got out after scoring a sparkling hundred, a platform was laid for the rest of the batsmen to go after the bowling right from the first ball and that’s what Kohli tried to do when he came to the crease. He charged Kieron Pollard straightaway and was outfoxed by a slower bouncer bowled from the West Indies skipper.

The ball didn’t come to Kohli as quickly as he would have liked and he had to check his stroke at the last moment. He ended up looping it in the air to offer a simple catching opportunity to the short mid-wicket fielder.

India, despite the early dismissal of Kohli, posted a huge score of 387 on the board and defended it with ease as West Indies were bowled out for 280.

#2 Tim Bresnan

Tim Bresnan

It was the 5th match of the ODI series between India and England which was played on 27th January 2013 at HPCA Stadium, Mohali. India already had an unassailable lead of 3-1 coming into this game. So, it was a bit of a dead rubber.

England won the toss and put India to bat first as it was a day game and there was a bit of nip in the air. After dismissing Rohit Sharma who opened the innings with Gautam Gambhir, Tim Bresnan got Virat Kohli out on the very next ball as well.

It was a full delivery outside the off-stump nipping further away which Virat could have easily left for the keeper, but he decided to go for an expansive drive and ended up playing it away from his body. An edge was induced which was safely held at second slip.

India lost the match as the 226 that they posted on the board was chased down by England quite comfortably at the loss of just 3 wickets. Ian Bell was the pick of the batsmen for the visitors as he remained not out on 113.

#1 Darren Sammy

Darren Sammy

It was the 3rd game of the ODI series between West Indies and India which took place at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua on 11th June 2011. West Indies batted first and posted 225 on the board in reply of which India lost the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan early and Virat walked in at his usual position of no. 3.

But, before he could get into his groove and put India’s chase on course, Kohli was trapped in front of the wickets off the very first ball that he faced from the West Indies captain Darren Sammy.

It was a length ball and Virat didn’t commit fully to it. The sharp inward movement of the ball caught him in his crease. The umpire ruled him out even though it seemed the ball might have gone on to miss the leg stump.

India ended up winning the match by 3 wickets, thanks to an unbeaten 86 off 91 balls from Rohit Sharma and a cameo from Harbhajan Singh lower down the order.