Virat Kohli's last Australian hurrah comes with an unmistakable sense of deja vu.

Not because fans have been here before in Kohli's esteemed career, but in that it has all the hallmarks of Sachin Tendulkar's Australian farewell 14 summers ago.

Kohli will play his last game on Australian soil in Saturday's ODI at a sold-out SCG.

For a series billed as the chance to see the iconic 36-year-old play in the country for the last time, the Indian megastar has faced all of 12 balls and scored zero runs.

India's series hopes are already gone. They trail 2-0, and eyes are no doubt already on the five T20s that follow, a format Kohli has already retired from.

Kohli was aged 23 when his first tour of Australia coincided with Tendulkar's last in 2011-12.

And while Kohli announced himself to Austr

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