Virat Kohli Ind Vs Sa

Virat Kohli is an aggressive batsman, apart from ODI-T20, this glimpse of him is also visible in Test cricket. But Virat Kohli, facing constant questions, did not do so in the first innings of the Cape Town Test.

Virat Kohli, Ind Vs Sa: The word 'comfort zone' comes up time and again in the terminology of the new generation. Everyone tries to get himself out of his comfort zone, this attempt fails most of the time. But the one who crosses it is the real Alexander. Indian team's Test captain Virat Kohli has done something similar in the third and last Test of the series being played in Cape Town.

Virat Kohli broke all the restrictions and played a game different from his own natural game. This is the reason that despite missing out on a century, this innings of Virat Kohli is being considered as one of the best innings played in his career.

Since the year 2019, Virat Kohli has not scored any century with the bat. When Team India came out to bat on January 11, everyone expected that Virat Kohli would end this drought now. His daughter Vamika's birthday was on 11th January itself, so what could be a better occasion than this. When Team India's opening pair faltered, Virat Kohli took the lead, but what happened after that proved to be memorable.

away with the Naturale game ...

Kohli requires an aggressive batsman, one-day-t see a glimpse of his Test cricket over 20. But Virat Kohli, facing constant questions, did not do so in the first innings of the Cape Town Test. Apart from his natural game (the comfort zone we are talking about), Virat Kohli played a game of complete defense. It can be guessed from the fact that Virat did not score a single run on the first 15 balls, if he played the account on the 16th ball, he opened it with fours. It was Rahul Dravid's birthday on On January 11, in such a situation, Virat gave a gift to his coach by showing a defensive game.

Virat Kohli in the first innings of Cape Town Test

• Runs - 79
• Balls - 201
• Minutes - 273
• Fours - 12
. Sixes - 1
Strike rate - 39.30

The lure of cover drives...

Every batsman has his own shots, which go out on their own when they see that kind of ball. As soon as a slight bounce comes, Rohit Sharma's first reaction is that of the bridge, when the bounce came towards the offside, Virender Sehwag used to try to play the uppercut. The same is the case with Virat Kohli, the cover drive is Virat Kohli's favorite shot and at present, very few people play this shot better than Virat.

This shot of Virat Kohli had been lying behind him for some time because Virat Kohli lost his wicket many times in the process of putting a drive on the ball going out. In the last one or two years, this has been seen quite a few times, when Virat's form is not with him. In such a situation, Virat Kohli was repeatedly advised to talk to Sachin Tendulkar and discuss the historic 241 in Sydney in which he did not hit a single cover drive.

However, in the first innings of Cape Town, Virat Kohli kept restraint on himself. Virat Kohli let go of many balls going out of the off-stump, the atmosphere became such that the fans of Virat Kohli started celebrating it on social media and also made memes. But the special thing is that Virat Kohli did not abstain from the cover drive and in his innings, he also put a drive.

This inning is more than a century...

Everyone is waiting for Virat Kohli's century, Virat himself, his fans, and everyone who loves cricket. Virat has not scored a century since November 2019, but his innings of 79 runs in Cape Town is more than a century. Where Virat Kohli has faced every challenge that he has been battling for the last two to three years.

This is the reason why even the pundits of cricket are praising the courage of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli missed his 71st international century, 28th Test century by just 21 runs, but at the time when Team India was in trouble, Virat Kohli answered every critic by playing the captaincy innings. LIVE TV