Ind vs Aus 2nd ODI: Virat Kohli , dismissed for a duck yet again, raised his right hand holding his gloves not once but twice as he made the long, lonely walk back to the pavilion in Adelaide. His gesture told its own story, and everyone on the Internet is busy decoding it. Kohli was visibly upset after getting consecutive ducks for the first time in ODIs, so were his fans, though for reasons of their own.

For Kohli, the pain seems to be personal as he has carved out some of his most majestic innings at this “fortress”. It wouldn’t be a stretch if we call him the true King of this fortress, given his record as the highest run-getter across formats at Adelaide Oval, the very ground where he made his Test captaincy debut in 2014.

For his fans, however, the heartbreak was twofold. First,

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