In the ongoing third and decider match between India and Australia, the middle order batsmen Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne were looking solid as they were smashing the Indian bowlers to all the corners of the ground. The Men in Blue needed a major breakthrough to end this partnership. This is when the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli did something special and brought an end to this partnership.
Ahead of the match, the Australian skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to field first. As the innings began, the in-form Australian openers David Warner and Aaron Finch failed to make it big for their team, second time in a row as they were dismissed early in the game. David Warner could only score 7 runs before Mohammed Shami made him edge one behind the stumps to KL Rahul and sent him back to pavilion.
Aaron Finch couldn’t make it big either and he and Smith Steve were seen in a comical mix-up which resulted in the dismissal of the former. The Australian skipper was upset with Steve Smith after a run-out that brought an end to his innings.
The middle-order steadied the ship to set a big total for the Indian cricket team to chase, however, the Indian skipper dismissed Marnus Labuschagne and turned the tables. Virat Kohli pulled off a stunning catch to send back Labuschagne soon after the cricketer crossed his half-century mark.
The stunning catch came out of Ravindra Jadeja’s delivery that was slightly outside off and Labuschagne went for a smashing inside-out shot, however, he ended up hitting the shot in the air. And the ball eventually ended in the safest hands of our Indian skipper who dived across the full length and took the catch.
After getting hold of the ball, Virat Kohli pointed his finger to his lips and brought the entire stadium to life.
Here, watch the video:
Twitterati were left in awe of the stunning catch taken by Virat Kohli and came up with amazing reactions to it.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
India fans after watching that Virat Kohli catch: pic.twitter.com/Yps1Agoy60
— ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/Offl_TheViper/status/1218847515740639234?s=20
Virat Kohli was on air to take that stunner and his body created a running cheetah shadow on field what he actually is.#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/mDrJDU3c9y
— Subham (@subhsays) January 19, 2020
Skipper @imVkohli on fire in the circle. #fielding #highstandards #INDvsAUS
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) January 19, 2020
Manish Pandey in Rajkot, Virat Kohli today. Two great catches. And thanks to the camera angles and cameramen, we can enjoy them more.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 19, 2020
S U P E R M A N ??
KingKohli Takes a Blinder??#ViratKohli #KingKohli #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/QdUXiqTi2n
— Virat Kohli Trends
(@TrendVirat) January 19, 2020
(@TrendVirat) Manish Pandey in the previous match, Virat Kohli today, Indian catching reaching hitherto unseen level
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/ShrihariBhosal5/status/1218860824439091202?s=20
https://twitter.com/Offl_TheViper/status/1218845566303711238?s=20
