The only hope was that Virat Kohli's bat would start speaking again after going to Australia, where he had spread his magic 10 years ago. The same Australia where Virat Kohli scored runs every time his form was questioned. Once again questions are being raised on Kohli's form and even his career and at such a time he is in Australia again but this time Kohli has not been able to get relief even on this ground. Virat Kohli was out after scoring only 5 runs in the very first session of the first day of the first match of the Test series between India and Australia in Perth.

The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy started from Friday 22nd November at the Optus Stadium. Team India won the toss and decided to bat first, which was not wrong considering the history of this ground. In the last 4 Tests played here, Australia had won all four times and each time it had batted first. In such a situation, captain Jasprit Bumrah's decision was not wrong but the tight bowling of Australian fast bowlers put India in trouble. Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, playing in Australia for the first time, and Devdutt Padikkal, who came at number three, could not even open their account.

Virat failed in the first session itself, this happened for the 10th time

After the fall of 2 wickets for just 12 runs, the hopes were on star batsman Virat Kohli and he was seen getting into rhythm but within some time he also left the crease and returned back to the pavilion. On the bouncy pitch of Perth, Virat Kohli was caught by one such ball from Josh Hazlewood and he was caught at first slip. In this way, Hazlewood made Kohli his victim for the 10th time. He also became the Australian bowler who dismissed Kohli the most number of times in all three formats combined. Kohli was out after scoring only 5 runs after facing 12 balls and the sequence of poor performance could not be broken here either.