India’s Virat Kohli, right, reacts after he was dismissed by Australia’s Scott Boland during play on the first day of the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australia quick Scott Boland who snapped up Virat Kohli for the 4th time in Tests on Friday, revealed that the Aussie bowlers have got a set plan to get the Indian great.
“We’ve got pretty set plans on how we want to bowl to him. He sort of feels like he leaves a lot and then he wants to play the ball once he gets in. So once he gets in, we just want to switch our lines a little bit to fifth stump and it’s working at the moment,” Boland said on Fox Cricket.
Kohli, who had survived a catch out attempt in the 8th over, went on to make 17 before he was undone by an outside the off-stump delivery from Boland in the 32nd over.
Earlier, Kohli had edged a length delivery from Boland to second slip, where Steve Smith was positioned. Smith dived low to his right, seemingly catching the ball near the ground before flicking it upward toward gully, where Marnus Labuschagne completed the catch.
The on-field umpires referred the decision to TV umpire Joel Wilson, who, after reviewing replays showing the ball touching the ground before Smith scooped it, ruled Kohli not out.
“100 per cent; no denying it whatsoever, 100 per cent. But the umpire’s made the decision and we’ll move on,” Smith had told ‘Fox Sports’ during the lunch break when asked if he had his hand under the ball.
In the match, the day ended with Australia at 9/1, trailing India by 176 runs in the 5th and final Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The hosts lead the series 2-1 with wins in Adelaide and Melbourne while the visitors won the 1st Test at Perth.
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