Virat Kohli's top fielding changed the game..!?

India won the third T20I against afghanistan after two super-overs. It is noteworthy that before this the indian team won against new zealand in the Super Over format. india won the toss and batted first as rohit sharma and Rinku Singh played four wickets for 212 runs. After this, the afghanistan team also lost six wickets for 212 runs at the end of 20 overs. In matches like this, even one run being stopped can have a huge impact on the match. virat kohli stopped the ball for a six at this stage, which made a huge difference in this match.

The afghanistan team was playing with 165 runs in 16.4 overs. With 48 runs needed off 20 balls, Jannad's ball from afghanistan went for a six. At that time, virat kohli, who was standing on the six-line, jumped and stopped the ball from going for a six. virat kohli did this with the intention of not letting the ball go for a six even though he could not catch the ball. That made a huge difference at the end of the match. Due to this, the afghanistan team could score only 212 runs at the end of 20 overs. This is why the match went to super over. virat kohli didn't do much with the bat in yesterday's game. In other words, he became a golden duck. However, he made a huge impact by blocking sixes at key stages in the build-up.
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Sowmiya Sriram

18/01/2024 01:33 PM