Virat Kohli had played a brilliant inning against Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup and snatched victory from the mouth of the team captained by Babar Azam.
Virat Kohli remembered the innings played against Pakistan. (AFP photo)
The Indian team was expected to perform brilliantly in the ICC T20 World Cup. But this team got eliminated after suffering a crushing defeat by 10 wickets at the hands of England in the semi-finals. But Virat Kohli was seen in this World Cup. Kohli was the highest run scorer in this tournament. But his innings played in the first match against Pakistan has left a mark in everyone’s mind. Kohli posted a post on his Twitter on Saturday and remembered this innings.
Virat Kohli had snatched victory from the face of Pakistan in this match. His innings was described by many veterans as one of the most brilliant innings in cricket history. Kohli himself described the innings against Pakistan as one of the best innings of his T20 career.
appreciate the atmosphere
Kohli has described the atmosphere of the match played on 23 October as fantastic and tweeted, “23 October 2022 will always hold a special place in my heart. Never seen such energy in a cricket match before. What a wonderful evening it was.”
The six that Kohli hit Haris Rauf on the fifth ball of the 19th over of this match was described by the ICC as the best shot of T20. Everyone was surprised to see this shot. After this, even on the last ball of the over, Kohli hit a six on the leg side. In the previous over, Kohli had thrashed Shaheen Shah Afridi’s balls fiercely.
October 23rd 2022 will always be special in my heart. Never felt energy like that in a cricket game before. What a blessed evening that was 💫🙏 pic.twitter.com/rsil91Af7a
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 26, 2022
the match was like this
Pakistan had batted first in this match. India’s young bowler Arshdeep Singh broke the back of Pakistan’s batting by sending Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to the pavilion. Still, with the help of half-centuries from Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed, Pakistan scored 159 runs losing eight wickets in 20 overs. Masood scored an unbeaten 52 and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 51 runs.
Although India also did not get a good start. KL Rahul and captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring four runs each. Suryakumar Yadav and Akshar Patel also could not show amazing. After this, Kohli and Hardik Pandya shared a 113-run partnership to bring India back into the match. After scoring 40 runs, Pandya was dismissed on the first ball of the last over. Kohli was unbeaten and returned only after winning India.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com