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 te♑ams chasing in the shortest♔ 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 to the pavi🍌lion.
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 st♑ruck six fours and five sixes in his unbeaten 52-ball un🧸beaten 79.
He added 76 runs for the first wicket with Reeza Hendricks in 10 over🎃s and then put on another 64 with Temba Bavuma.
