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Virat Kohli for India (image Source: Twitter)
Ahead of the 20-20 World Cup opener against Pakistan, India locked horns with Australia in Brisbane in one of their warm-up matches. After playing two warm-up matches against Western Australia, India were looking for better preparation against the Aussies. On the other hand, Australia were also looking for some momentum after losing the home T20I series against England.
However, Virat Kohli did not play the last two warm-up matches for India. So, fans were eagerly waiting to see him in action. But, Virat did not disappoint his fans as he displayed some outrageous fielding efforts in the match. All videos went viral quickly as he left his fans stunned with such jaw-dropping fielding.
Here are the shared videos:
What a catch by #ViratKohli𓃵 one handed.absolutely stunner and a great run out..... pic.twitter.com/oXJP1dNrUO
— Ranjith (@Ranjith63536704) October 17, 2022
VIRAT KING KOHLI RUN OUT TIM DAVID 😍#KingKohli #ViratKohli #INDvsAUS #T20WorldCup2022 #runout #harshalpatel pic.twitter.com/Aue3ULrZdo
— Ps Virat Kohli Fan (@ps_viratkohli18) October 17, 2022
Virat Kohli scored only 19 runs off 13 balls before showing such fielding skills against Australia
Speaking of those videos, the first incident took place during the 19th over. On the second delivery, Harshal Patel bowled a yorker to Josh Inglis which he clipped. Then, Virat Kohli charged to his right and threw it in one motion after picking it up. He hit the stumps directly from a tight angle as Tim David got out for five runs only.
Then, in the last over, Mohammed Shami came out to bowl. On the third delivery of that over, Pat Cummis hit a ball down the ground. Everyone was assured that it was going over the boundary. But, Virat pulled off a brilliant one-handed catch out of nowhere. Fans went crazy after seeing such efforts from the former Indian captain.
Speaking of the match, Australia won the toss and asked India to bat first. Virat Kohli only scored 19 runs off 13 balls, including one four and one six. India scored 186 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Australia got bundled out for 180 runs in 20 overs. Thus, India managed a six-run victory over the defending champions ahead of the mega event. However, the Men in Blue will kick off their campaign against Pakistan on 23 October 2022.