But, after facing 8 balls, the talismanic batter was bowled by Mitchell Santner. With just 1 run scored from 9 balls, Kohli only had himself to blame for a poor shot selection against the Kiwi spinner.
Manjrekar called the shot by Kohli "worst ever in his career" as others on social media also expressed astonishment at the silly shot a batter of Kohli's class played.
"Oh dear! Virat will know himself that he has just played the worst shot of his career to get out.
Got to feel for him...coz as always he came out with solid & honest intent," Manjrekar wrote on X (formerly Twitter).