Virat Kohli scored a half-century in the first innings of the Cape Town Test, reaching fifty for the first time on the South Africa tour.
Virat Kohli hits fifty in Cape Town
The bat was silent in Centurion but Kohli’s ‘Virat’ enthusiasm was visible in Cape Town. The ground at Newlands where the bowlers were raining fire. Virat Kohli showed his bat on the same pitch of 22 yards on which Rabada and Marco Yanson were asking difficult questions to every batsman. Indian captain Virat Kohli scored an amazing half-century in Cape Town. In the Centurion Test, Virat Kohli lost his wicket after a good start but the Indian captain did not allow this to happen in Cape Town. Virat Kohli made a fifty for the 28th time in Test cricket.
This innings of Virat Kohli is very special because his technique was constantly being questioned. In the first test, Virat Kohli was out on the very outside balls of the off-stump. Virat lost his wicket in Centurion playing a shot on the balls of the 8th and 10th stumps. After this, Virat could not play in the second Test due to being unfit in the Johannesburg Test. But in Cape Town, Virat batted very well. Virat Kohli released the balls outside the off-stump and he did not miss a single time to hit the cover drive. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli was getting advice not to apply cover drives continuously but the Indian captain appeared to be firm on his strength and favorite shot.
Virat Kohli’s toughest innings in 5-6 years
When Virat Kohli came to the crease, Team India had lost the wickets of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. Kohli took his time to come to the crease and as soon as he got the chance, he did a cover drive. Virat Kohli got the first 2 fours on the cover drive shot itself. Virat Kohli shared a half-century partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara in 132 balls. However, after the lunch break, Cheteshwar Pujara was out and Rahane was also dismissed after scoring just 9 runs. After this, captain Kohli along with Pant took the team’s score to 150.
Seeing Virat Kohli’s innings, Sunil Gavaskar called it one of his toughest innings. Sunil Gavaskar said during the commentary, ‘These are the toughest 40 runs for Virat Kohli in the last 5-6 years.’
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