IND vs AUS: The 5th Test between India and Australia has started in Sydney. However, like the last 3 Test matches, Virat Kohli failed once again in this match. There were a lot of expectations from him after he narrowly escaped on the first ball but he got out after scoring 17 runs. On the first day of the Sydney Test, Virat Kohli got a big reprieve on the very first ball. He narrowly escaped getting out on his very first ball against Scott Boland. 

Virat Kohli came to the crease and while facing the first ball, he made a huge mistake of playing a good length ball close to the off stump. Kohli tried to defend, but the ball took the thick outside edge of the bat and went to Steve Smith standing at second slip. During this, Smith fell down and caught the ball with his right hand and then quickly passed the ball to third slip to make a relay catch. For a moment it seemed that Kohli had become a victim of a golden duck, but the third umpire declared him not out after watching the replay. It was clearly visible in the replay that the ball had touched the ground when Smith took the catch. 

kept the wicket till lunch

After getting a reprieve on the very first ball, Virat Kohli started playing cautiously and thought it best to leave the balls going outside. After this, Virat along with Shubman Gill took charge of the innings. There was a good partnership of 40 runs between the two but just before lunch, Shubman Gill got caught in the first slip while trying to play Nathan Lyon's ball. By the lunch break, India lost three wickets for 57 runs in 25 overs.

Virat Kohli showed patience

In the second session, Virat Kohli got the support of Rishabh Pant and both of them slowly started taking the innings forward. Just when the partnership of 15 runs was done between the two, Kohli again repeated the same mistake, the consequences of which he has been suffering again and again in this series. Kohli tried to play Scott Boland's out-going ball. Boland bowled a back of good length ball on the fourth stump on the third ball of the 32nd over. Kohli tried to defend it but the ball took the thick outside edge of the bat and went into the hands of Beau Webster standing in the slip. In this way Kohli's innings ended. He faced 69 balls and scored only 17 runs. The interesting thing was that Kohli could not hit a single boundary in his 69-ball innings. With this, a unique record was registered in Kohli's name.

This happened for the first time

In fact, the 69 balls played by Kohli is the longest innings in his Test career in which he has batted without a boundary. This was never seen before in his Test career. Kohli has played 123 Test matches so far but he has never been seen so slow as he was seen in today's match.