'I will hang myself' - Former Australia skipper gives epic response on Virat Kohli's mode of dismissal

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell was incredibly critical of how Virat Kohli was dismissed in the first innings of the first Test Match played between India and Australia at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The former Indian skipper tried to flick the ball past Alex Carey to a delivery way outside the leg stump spinning away and got a thin nick that went straight to the wicketkeeper whoc grabbed it on the second attempt. 

Talking about the dismissal, Chappell expressed that Kohli should have never tried to poke at the delivery down the leg or instead should have at least tried to push it towards the leg side where there were ample gaps.

"If you play as he suggested (Aakash Chopra) by opening up and keeping your left leg away from your right leg, then you are playing the shot and the keeper cannot see the edge, where as, by him having both of his legs together, his bat was outside his pads. So the keeper, not that I think he did see it in this situation, but he had a far greater chance of taking that catch with the way Kohli played the ball," said Chappell in ESPNcricinfo's Match Day Live right after the end of the second day's play.

"The other thing I will have to say about that Kohli shot is why the hell was he trying to hit it around there. To me he is far better of playing as (Aakash) suggested, opening up the leg side and pushing that ball on to the on side away from the fielder, rather than trying to tickle. I mean, if as a batsman if I got caught in that fine-leg slip position, I will hang myself. Because as a right-hand batsman you should never get caught there. The only place where I would say, you might would be in Perth where the ball bounces a bit and it might catch your gloves or something but you should not get caught in leg slip," he further said.

India are in a commanding position at stumps on Day 2 with 321/7 on the board and a massive lead of 144 runs after a sensational century from Rohit Sharma and gritty yet graceful half-centuries from Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. Australia will have a mountain to climb on Day 3 of the first Test and will look to clean up the tail and start their innings on a positive, free-flowing note. 

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