Kohli walked out to bat at No.4 with India losing both openers, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal, for 17 after having chosen to bat. Facing Scott Boland first up in the eighth over of the innings, Kohli edged a rising back of length ball to second slip, where Steve Smith dived low to his right to parry it up to the gully fielder from inches off the ground.

Marnus Labuschagne completed the catch at gully as the Australians celebrated. But after a relatively lengthy umpire's review, TV umpire Joel Wilson adjudged in Kohli's favour, reasoning that the ball had rolled along the surface as Smith was picking it up off the ground.

"He's got his fingers (underneath) here but it's rolled onto the ground," Wilson was heard saying during the review.

Smith was visibly upset at the decision, shaking his head as he went back to his mark after the call was made. In the commentary box, Mark Nicholas felt that the issue was with the two-dimensional projection of three-dimensional visuals, which makes it difficult to judge close catches like these in the fielding side's favour.

Many, however, felt that ball didn't exactly roll along the ground and that the catch was fair. Michael Vaughan wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that Kohli should have been given out.

By the first drinks break, India reached 32-2 in 12 overs, with Kohli on eight and Gill on nine. Earlier, Rahul had been dismissed flicking a leg-stump delivery to square leg off Mitchell Starc, and Jaiswal was caught at third slip off Boland.

Gill came into the side replacing regular captain Rohit Sharma, who "opted to rest" for this game after a prolonged run of poor form. Jasprit Bumrah is leading India in his absence.

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