4 Bowlers Who Cleaned Up Virat Kohli In Their Debut T20I Match
England vs India, 2nd T20I (Image Source: Twitter)
Virat Kohli is known as one of the modern great batters as he has performed for India across all three formats over the years. In the last decade, he had played many important innings for India, and thus, he remained at the top of the batter’s list for a long time also.
However, during this timeline, some bowlers also managed to get better of him by taking his wickets in all the formats. It has been observed that Virat Kohli has the knack of giving his wicket to debutants in every format he played so far. Here, five bowlers have been determined who have opened their T20I wicket column by getting out this Indian batter.
Shaminda Eranga, 2012
Shaminda Eranga (Image Source: Twitter)
Shaminda Eranga played his debut T20I match against India at Pallekele. This pacer had a great outing as he grabbed two wickets by conceding 30 runs in four overs. Speaking about the match, India batted first and scored 155 runs by losing three wickets.
Virat Kohli was the highest scorer with his 68-run knock of 48 balls. But, Eranga took the wicket of that batter in his debut match. Speaking about the style of the dismissal, Kohli swung hard across the line and it went straight to Thirimane for an easy catch at the deep midwicket region. However, Sri Lanka failed to chase the target down as they got bundled out for 116 runs.
