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Saha saves Kohli once, fails to do it the second time

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While on 180 today, Virat Kohli was given out by the umpire, but on non-striker Wriddhiman Saha's advice, challenged the decision and survived. However, Kohli was given out again soon after his double ton and walked away without reviewing it only for replays to show that he was in fact not out.

Virat Kohli played yet another fantastic innings in the one-off Test match against Bangladesh. He notched up his 4th double century in 4th consecutive Test series to surpass batting legends Donald Bradman and Rahul Dravid. 

Before he reached his double hundred, though, there was a nervous moment when he was given out LBW to Mehedi Hasan Miraz while batting on 180. His batting partner, Wriddhiman Saha, who had a better view of the trajectory of the ball with respect to the position of the stumps, suggested that Kohli take a review. And on doing so, he survived. The ball was going down the leg side and the decision was overturned. Kohli then went on to complete his double century. 

Just after completing his double, while trying to cut a fuller ball from Taijul Islam, he was given out LBW again. Again, he looked at Saha, probably asking advice on whether he should review this decision or not. This time, Saha did not seem too keen, and Kohli, looking quite content with his innings, walked off to a standing ovation. Replays showed that the ball hit his pad outside the off-stump, and had he taken the review, he would have survived.

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