Who can say Virat Kohli was out of India’s T20I squad for 14 months? King Kohli as he is revered by his fans lighted Indore with a special knock. It is as they say, Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man, and Kohli produced just that. After Rohit Sharma’s duck, Kohli walked on and opened his account with? you guessed it correctly, his trademark cover drive.
Making his intentions clear, Kohli went aggressive from the first ball. But unfortunately he was dispatched by Naveen ul Haq. Kohli blasted his way to reach 29 from 16 balls hammering 5 fours in the process.
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Virat Kohli returned to India’s shortest format of the game after a long break of 14 months. He missed the first game of the series owing to personal reasons, but took charge in the second game.
Hitting the ball from the very beginning, he walked on very early after Rohit’s dismissal. Kohli slammed 5 fours on his quick firing knock of 29 runs. However, he was disappointed on missing out 2 sixes which ultimately went for fours.
It a bid to go up and over the circle he made a swing against Naveen. But the ball didn’t get the much needed elevation and he was dismissed. A non typical innings from Kohli, going aggressively from the beginning impressed the fans at Indore who continued to chant his name throughout the game.
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