Virat Kohli vents frustration as 'umpire's call' strikes again, dismissing him for the second time against Mitchell Santner

When 'umpire's call' goes against you, it always feels like a tough break. This was the sentiment shared by Kohli as he made his way back to the pavilion. In his defense, the ball did seem to hit him right in front of the leg stump. Typically, with the left-armer's delivery, the ball would have veered towards the leg side. So, it was completely understandable why Kohli decided to review the decision when umpire Richard Illingworth gave him out. However, Mitchell Santner is not your typical round-arm left-arm spinner. He possesses the unique ability to keep the ball on its line despite the angle, which was exactly what happened in Kohli's case.

Ball tracking showed the ball would have gone on to clip the leg stump and that's all that New Zealand needed to uphold the decision. Kohli, of course, did not like it one bit. Whether his disappointment was with the ball-tracking or the on-field umpire's call cannot be said with certainty but he definitely cannot shy away from another misjudgement of length.

Kohli played back to a length delivery from Santner. What also contributed to his downfall was his tendency to work the ball towards the onside instead of offering a straight bat. He was dismissed by Santner in both innings of this Test as his numbers against spin continued to paint to sorry tale.

Take out the 70-run knock in the second innings of the previous Test; Kohli has had a pretty ordinary year in Test cricket so far with scores of 46, 12, 6, 17, 47, 29*, 0, 1, and 17.

India caved in against left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner (5/72), stuttering to 178 for seven at tea in their second innings against New Zealand on the third day of the second Test.

In the second innings, India lost wickets in a heap on a rather biting pitch against Santner after making a confident start to their chase, courtesy conditions-defying 77 from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal off just 65 balls.

His 62-run alliance for the second wicket with Shubman Gill was the finest phase of the Indian essay.