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Virat Kohli, playing in his first competitive match since the IPL 2025 final in June, recorded an eight-ball duck during the first ODI between India and Australia in Perth. In helpful conditions, Australia pacer Mitchell Starc exploited a weakness that troubled the India batting superstar during the entirety of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy – chasing after deliveries bowled outside off and edging them consistently.

Kohli would be itching to bounce back in the second ODI, which will be held at his favourite hunting ground – Adelaide Oval – where he averages 65 across formats, having scored 975 runs in 12 matches that include five centuries and four fifties.

The Aussie bowlers will continue to stick to the line of attack that has been getting the better of Koh

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