England pacer James Anderson scalped India skipper Virat Kohli’s wicket on the first delivery that the right-hander faced during the second day of the first Test in Nottingham.
Talking about the dismissal after the day’s play, Anderson said that it was “unusual” to get Kohli out so early.
“I feel like I’ve challenged Virat in that area before. He either played or missed or left it. He’s always been good enough to sort of get through and today it was just one of those days where he nicked it. Getting Kohli out that early was quite unusual,” Anderson said at the end of day’s play.
Kohli nicked the ball while trying to push a length delivery, bowled just outside the off-stump channel and Jos Buttler completed the catch quite easily.
The right-handed batsman had faced some issues in the same area during the 2014 tour to England where he just managed to score 134 runs in five matches. However, he had made a roaring comeback in the next series in 2018 and notched up 593 runs in the five-match bilateral tie.
India finished the day’s proceedings at 125/4, trailing England by 58 runs. The visiting team witnessed a batting collapse after openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma gave a steady start in the first innings.
The two batsmen had put 97 for the first wicket before India were reduced to 125/4 with the likes of Sharma, Kohli, Pujara and Rahane back in the pavilion.