Virat Kohli still has a magnificent batting average of 48.69 in Test cricket, despite not being at his best in recent years. He has already achieved 27 hundred, 28 half-centuries, and seven double-centuries in his Test career, 254* is the highest score he has ever scored for India, and he smashed 915 fours while wearing the whites. The Australian spinner Todd Murphy dismissed Kohli on his Test debut last week. Here’s a list of the five other bowlers who have also opened their account in Test cricket by dismissing Virat Kohli.
1. Matthew Kuhnemann
Yesterday, Australia’s Matthew Kuhnemann received his first Test cap, and today he bowled out Virat Kohli, getting his first Test wicket. Replays showed that Kuhnemann’s ball hit Kohli’s bat and pad simultaneously, but the umpire ruled in his favor.
2. Kagiso Rabada
At the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in 2015, Kagiso Rabada made his debut and dismissed Virat Kohli for the first time in Test cricket. Virat Kohli scored one run off three balls before he was caught on the fourth ball by Dean Elgar off the bowling of Kagiso Rabada.
3. Alzarri Joseph
Alzarri Joseph, a debutant fast bowler, dismissed Virat Kohli in single digits at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in August 2016. Kohli made three runs before Bravo caught him.
4. Anrich Nortje
Anrich Nortje debuted against India at the MCA Stadium on October 10, 2019. In the second Test, he claimed Virat Kohli’s wicket. Nortje trapped Kohli in front of his stumps when the batter was on 12.
5. Senuran Muthusamy
After his debut in Test cricket, Senuran Muthusamy took Virat Kohli’s scalp. When Kohli was 20, the left-arm spin bowler caught his bowling and sent him back to the dressing room. That Test match was played in Vizag in October 2019. Since then, Muthusamy has played only one Test and has been out of the South African Test team for over three years.
