Virat Kohli’s bold move to bat first in the third and final T20I on Sunday backfired as Quinton de Kock guided South Africa to a series-leveling nine-wicket win.
To everyone’s surprise, Kohli opted to bat first after winning the toss on M. Chinnaswamy’s surface, always known to favour the teams 🃏chasing in the shor♛test format.
India lost an early wicket of vice-captain Rohit Sharma when he edged a Beuran Hendricks delivery straight into the hands of first slip. And when Hendricks came back to bowl the fifth over, there was a little shoulder-nudge from captain Kohli as he ran past the South African pacer. The shoulder-nudge was a reply by Kohli to Hendricks’ intimidating stare.
Kohli was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada a couple of overs later. The right-hander scored just nine runs off 15 balls before being sent back t෴o the pavilion.
Here’s the video:
King se panga nhi lene ka👑
— Pravin (@ifeelcricket)
In their 135-run chase, South African captain de Kock looked in complete control and struck six fours and 🤪five sixes in his unbeaten 52-ball unbeaten 79.
He added 76 runs for the൩ first wicket with Reeza Hendricks in 10 overs and then put on another 64 with T🧔emba Bavuma.
