India’s Virat Kohli, and Australian batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith shared a hilarious moment in the 3rd IND vs AUS ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday.
Australia were batting first, and the extreme heat was taking a toll on the Aussie batters in the middle of the afternoon. During one of the drinks break, Steve Smith needed a chair to sit on and cool himself down after batting for a while, and Marnus Labuschagne looked on. However, Virat Kohli, who was fielding, looked at his highest energy levels.
As Marnus was standing and talking to Smith, who was sitting on a chair, Kohli came up to the mair and shook his leg to show some of his dance moves. The video of this moment went viral on social media in quick time with the fans laughing at Kohli’s energy and his antics.
This video certainly reached Smith as well as the star Aussie batsman took to his Instagram story to react to Virat Kohli’s dance moves.
Posting a picture of Kohli dancing in front of Marnus, Smith captioned his post: “Nice moves @virat.kohli” with a laughing emoji.
Check out Steve Smith’s reaction to Virat Kohli’s little dance:
Meanwhile, Australia avoided their first-ever ODI series white-wash against India as they won the Rajkot ODI, with India taking the series 2-1.
Australia’s top four of Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Smith, and Labuschagne all scored half-centuries and the visitors piled up 352 runs. India in reply were bowled out for 286 runs, with Rohit top-scoring with 81 runs in 57 balls. Kohli also scored a half-century, while Iyer, Rahul, and Jadeja all got starts, but none of them could convert it into a big score.
Australia had beaten India 2- in March in the ODI series in India. Now India had their revenge by winning the series by the same margin. This has now set for an exciting contest on October 8 when both teams will kick-start their World Cup 2023 campaigns against each other in Chennai.