{"id":7584,"date":"2023-10-29T16:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=367503"},"modified":"2023-10-29T16:41:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T11:11:56","slug":"ind-vs-eng-world-cup-2023-virat-kohli-punches-sofa-in-frustration-at-the-dressing-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-eng-world-cup-2023-virat-kohli-punches-sofa-in-frustration-at-the-dressing-room\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs ENG World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli punches sofa in frustration at the dressing room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising turn of events during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match between India and England, Indian cricket stalwart Virat Kohli faced an unexpected setback as he was dismissed for a duck, marking the first zero in his Cricket World Cup career. The dismissal occurred at the hands of his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate, David Willey, who delivered a deceptive short-of-length delivery that left Kohli miscuing the shot. The catch was comfortably taken by Ben Stokes at mid-off, leaving Kohli visibly upset.<\/p>\n<p>Following his untimely exit from the game, a video capturing Kohli\u2019s frustration surfaced on social media. In the video, Kohli could be seen venting his frustration by punching the dressing room sofa, highlighting the intensity of his disappointment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virat Kohli is so frustrated after his dismissal \ud83d\ude10\ud83e\udd72\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jstpOmPNzB\">pic.twitter.com\/jstpOmPNzB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First IPL trophy for RCB \ud83e\udd79\u2764\ufe0f (@minivk18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/minivk18\/status\/1718567789479506344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The match, which took place in Lucknow, saw England\u2019s captain Jos Buttler winning the toss and opting to field first. Both teams were geared up for a fierce battle, with India aiming to maintain their unbeaten streak in the tournament, while England sought redemption to secure their spot in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>As the players took their positions, the anticipation among fans reached a fever pitch. England\u2019s Playing XI featured prominent names like Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, and Jos Buttler. India, led by captain Rohit Sharma, had an impressive lineup with the likes of Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and the experienced bowling trio of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising turn of events during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match between India and England, Indian cricket stalwart\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":30485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3637],"class_list":["post-7584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-world-cup-2023"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}