Indian captain Virat Kohli missed a golden opportunity to get back-to-back Test hundreds as he was dismissed for 78 in India’s first innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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Kohli, who scored 103 in the opening Test at Galle, was looking good to get his second in as many Tests. It would have been his 12 th Test ton.
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India were in trouble at 12/2 when Kohli walked out to bat and had an important partnership of 164 runs with Lokesh Rahul for the 4 th wicket to get the hosts out of trouble.
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