Sydney. In the 5th and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT 2024-25), once again star batsman Virat Kohli failed to play according to his reputation and he got out in his usual style. The Australian bowlers had come up with an easy plan to make him bowl outside the off stump and before the Kangaroos could go to Plan B, Virat Kohli got trapped in their first plan.

This time Virat Kohli had faced 68 balls before getting out and it seemed that today he was playing very cautiously and he seemed to be successful in his plan of leaving the balls outside the off stump. But Australia now tried to bring the balls closer to the 5th or 6th stump instead of the 5th or 6th stump and Virat lost his patience here.

Scott could not stop himself from playing a tamper with Boland's ball and Beau Webster at third slip jumped to his right and took a brilliant catch with both his hands, ending Virat's innings. After facing 69 balls, Virat could score only 17 runs, which included no boundaries. This was the fourth blow to India at the score of 72.

Earlier, he was almost out on the first ball of his innings on Scott Boland's ball, when he played the first ball to the first slip and Steve Smith bounced the ball with his hand towards the fellow fielder before it fell on the ground. But the umpire saw in the TV camera that the ball had touched the ground somewhere and Virat Kohli got a lifeline on his personal score of 0.

If Team India loses the Sydney Test, it will lose the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years. Along with this, its remaining hopes of reaching the ICC WTC final will also be washed away and Australia will qualify for the ICC WTC final even before the Sri Lanka series. South Africa has already confirmed its place in this final.