In the India-Australia warm-up match, Virat Kohli takes over bowling duties

When Virat Kohli took up bowling duties for two overs in India’s T20 World Cup warm-up match against Australia in Dubai on Wednesday, heads turned. When Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith were at the crease in the seventh over, the India captain, who had delegated captaincy duties for the day to Rohit Sharma, was handed the ball. Kohli got off to a good start, conceding only four runs in the first over. On the 13th, he was resurrected. Kohli went for eight runs this time, and one of the deliveries was smashed for a boundary by Marcus Stoinis.

As Australia recovered from early blows at the ICC Academy in Dubai, Smith went on to reach a fifty.

Australia had won the toss earlier in the day and elected to bat first.

At the toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s day captain, stated all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be ready to bowl again by the time the T20 World Cup begins.

During Wednesday’s game, he also hinted that the team might test out a few other possibilities for the sixth bowler and the batting lineup.

“We want to make sure we get the 6th bowling option, as well as some batting order choices, so we’ll attempt everything today. Hardik is progressing nicely, but it will be some time before he begins to bowl. He hasn’t started bowling yet, but he should be ready for the tournament to begin “At the toss, Rohit stated.

On October 24, India will kick off their Super 12 campaign in Dubai against arch-rivals Australia.