Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant were involved in a terrible mix-up that could have led to Kohli’s run-out in India’s second Test against Bangladesh at the Green Park in Kanpur.
In the third session of Day 4, Kohli came to bat at No.5 after Shakib Al Hasan accounted for the wicket of Shubman Gill. After Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma took India off to a flying start, India promoted Pant up to No.4. Kohli was sent at No.5.
The 35-year-old Kohli did not have the best of outings in the Chepauk Test after he failed in both innings of the opening Test. In the first ball of the 19th over, Kohli could easily have been run out, but he had the rub of the green going his way.
Kohli tapped a slower delivery from Khaled Ahmed and set off for a single. Pant responded initially before sending Kohli back. Kohli had lost out on time to make it back to the striker’s end. Meanwhile, all Khaled had to do was collect the ball and take the bails off.
But instead, he made a meal of it and missed the stumps while trying to throw them out. Kohli seemed unhappy at the start, but then he and Pant hugged each other. Kohli was batting on two when he survived. India were cruising at that point in time, having scored 147 for three in 18.1 overs.
