Virat Kohli’s tour of Australia continued on Thursday (October 23) as the right-handed batsman failed to score runs with the bat in the ongoing second ODI.
The current three-match series marks his return to international cricket after a long time. Virat Kohli’s last international tournament was the Champions Trophy in March this year.
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He was expected to be part of the Test squad to tour England in June, but he decided to end his illustrious career in red-ball cricket.
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Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of hype surrounding Kohli’s return for the current series. However, the former India captain has failed to live up to the expectations. In fact, his tour so far has been disappointing as he failed to open his account in either of the first two matches.
In the first match in Perth, he was out for zero on 8 balls. After Mitchell Starc bowled a ball pitched outside the off stump, Kohli followed up to drive the ball away from his body and edged the ball to the fielder at backward point.
Virat Kohli flopped again
In the second ODI also, Kohli had to come out to bat early. He came to bat in the 7th over when Xavier Bartlett dismissed India captain Shubman Gill for 9 runs on the first ball of the over. Four balls later, the Australian pacer sent back Virat as well to put his team in the driver’s seat.
It was a nip-backer from Bartlett and Kohli was completely lost by it. He wanted to flick the ball but the ball hit his pads and the umpire wasted little time in raising his finger.
Virat Kohli goes for his second duck of the series!#AUSvIND , #PlayoftheDay , @BKTtires pic.twitter.com/jqIdvMeX9T
– cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) 23 October 2025
Twitter reacts to another flop show
As soon as Kohli was once again out for a duck, fans on social media started having fun at his expense. Here are some reactions:
Virat Kohli recorded back to back ducks for the first time in ODI cricket. pic.twitter.com/D7eoTC8wcv
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 23 October 2025
Kohli may have sold his international career to the devil for that IPL trophy
– Too Faced (@anubhan__tweets) 23 October 2025
Gambhir, Agarkar are watching Kohli get out on zero twice in a row… pic.twitter.com/EN4TO3Rvoq
– TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) 23 October 2025
A bit sad to see how much Rohit Sharma and Kohli are trying to prolong their cricket careers in this consolation series. The management, almost hostile, is already convinced that these two are finished forces. Youngsters like Abhishek Sharma/Jaiswal are willing to come. everyone…
– Gabbar (@GabbarSingh) 23 October 2025
Two consecutive outs of Virat Kohli. Never happens before…
– Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) 23 October 2025
Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/w4Qakr347b
-MumbaikarMourinho (@Punjabi_Mou) 23 October 2025
