IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli’s Mitchell Santner nightmare continues with 17 points

Virat Kohli’s nightmare against Mitchell Santner continued in the Pune Test as well, as he was dismissed for just 17 runs in the second innings of the Pune Test on Saturday (October 26). This was the 6th time Kohli was dismissed by Santner in all formats of the game as India’s chase was ruined by the left-arm spinner.

Kohli was literally dismissed by Santner In the first innings on Friday, the New Zealand spinner took a career-best 7 wickets. It was on the Indian batsmen to save the team and the team got off to a good start thanks to a 62-run stand between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill. However, wickets started to fall after the lunch break.

Santner was in good form and was up against Kohli, who was extra cautious with his approach. Kohli’s defense looked spot on until the 30th over. On the last ball, Santner decided to bowl the ball to Kohli and hit it on the back foot of the Indian star. He was promptly dismissed by the on-field umpire and Kohli went to review.

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The ball tracker eventually showed that it was the umpire’s call and this left Kohli and the fans in Pune stunned.

Santner disrupts India’s batting order

After his heroics in the first innings, Santner continued to haunt the Indian batsmen on Saturday. He started things off with the wicket of Rohit Sharma and then managed to get Shubman Gill with a full peach. Jaiswal, who looked set to make 77 off 65 balls, was the next to fall for India.

Santner would later produce a sensational effort Finishing off Pant for a duck before getting Kohli. Santner would later dismiss Sarfaraz Khan to get his 2nd 5-wicket haul of the game.

The left-arm spinners dismissed Kohli twice in Tests, 3 times in ODIs and once in T20Is.

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