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‘Come on yaar Ben’: Virat Kohli pokes enjoyable at Ben Stokes from stump mic throughout third Test

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Image Source : TWITTER/CHLOEAMANDAB India bowled England out on 112 within the first innings and ended Day 1 at 99/3 within the third Test in Ahmedabad.
India maintained their dominance over England all through the opening day of the third Test in Ahmedabad. The guests have been bowled out on 112 after Joe Root opted to bat after profitable the toss, and India ended Day 1 at 99/3.
The Indian group is thought for its dynamic method on the sector and the captain, Virat Kohli usually engages with the group, in addition to the opposition gamers to maintain up the depth within the recreation. In the twenty fourth over of the English innings, Kohli did one thing related with Ben Stokes after he stopped play attributable to a difficulty with sight display screen.

Stokes had taken the batting stance however pulled off on the final second, pointing in direction of disturbance within the sight display screen. Kohli, then, walked in direction of the stump-mic from leg slip and funnily instructed Stokes, “Come on yaar Ben, it’s too high (the disturbance in the screen).”
After participating in additional banter with Stokes, Kohli backed off laughing.

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Zak Crawley was the very best scorer of England’s innings, slamming a half-century (53). No different batsman might cross the 20-run mark within the England batting lineup.
Virat Kohli, in the meantime, seemed strong on the crease when he got here to bat in the course of the first innings on Day 1, however was dismissed by Jack Leach on 27 after wrongly anticipating a heavy flip. 
The four-match Test collection is at present stage at 1-1. If India register a victory within the third Test in Ahmedabad, England shall be dominated out of the race for the ultimate of World Test Championship, and vice versa.