With the veteran duo deemed to be running on fumes before this encounter, both of them showed their red hot form Down Under to put all the critics in their place.
The incident took place when Kohli was walking back to the dressing room while having a small interaction with the crowd
The only active cricketer after Kohli in the list is Rohit Sharma, who is at the number 10 spot with 11,310 runs to his name
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While the catch was directed straight at Kohli, he had to react well and bend his posture in order to get hold of the ball well.
With the series already lost, Team India will be expected to make at least one or two changes in their line-up for the 3rd ODI.
Rohit Sharma surpassed Sourav Ganguly to become India's third-highest ODI run-scorer with a gritty 73 against Australia at Adelaide Oval.
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With his ODI loss in Perth, Shubman Gill has become only the ninth cricketer in the world to lose his debut match as captain in all three formats
Arshdeep feels that being a master of 50-over cricket, Kohli will score runs in the remaining two games of this series.
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Gill steps into the role on the back of a successful home Test series win against the West Indies, and will be supported by newly named vice-captain Shreyas Iyer.
India vs Australia 1st ODI: Rohit, who opened the innings, scored eight runs, while Kohli departed for a seven-ball duck.
Marsh also talked about the pitch conditions, saying, "Perth is historically a bowler-friendly wicket, and both teams would love to take early advantage with their pacers early in the match."
Agarkar also clarified that it was Kohli and Rohit, who had decided to quit Test cricket and the selection committee would have been happy to have their experience.
Head hailed Kohli as "probably the greatest white-ball batter of all time" and said Rohit isn't far behind
Virat Kohli was seen parsing his shots on outside-off balls, an issue that caused him a lot of trouble last time he was in Australia
Kohli, in his post, wrote: "The only time you truly fail, is when you decide to give up," which fans speculated was a direct nod to him addressing rumours about his ODI career
The men in blue departed from New Delhi, India, on Wednesday morning, 24 hours after finishing their two-match Test series vs West Indies