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Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has said that although the delivery from Xavier Bartlett that got Virat Kohli was very good, the batter missed the line of the ball, which shows that he still needs some time in the middle to get himself going, after being away from cricket for four months.

Kohli had to step in early after captain Shubman Gill fell to Bartlett at mid-off in the seventh over. The latter targeted Kohli with a string of outswingers, exploiting his vulnerability to deliveries outside off stump.

To end the over, Bartlett bowled a straight one that nipped back onto Kohli’s pads, forcing him to walk back, as a review would likely have hit the middle stump.

“Xavier Bartlett bowled two outswingers and then straightened the line to trap Vira

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