Out of all, Virat Kohli dropped a sitter to give South Africa’s Aiden Markram a vital lifeline at a time when India Chasing down 134 in T20Is, wickets were needed to pull the brakes on the Proteas World Cup clash on Sunday The incident happened on the fifth ball of the 12th over when Markram pulled a ball from Ravichandran Ashwin over deep mid-wicket.
Kohli sees it pouching but the ball goes out. Then he tried to pick it up in the second attempt but could not stop. Markram was batting on 35.
As the world watched the best in business, a regulation hold in disbelief, Twitter trolls were quick to remove an out-of-context tweet from Virat Kohli’s account that mentioned South Africa’s Aiden Markram.
“It’s a pleasure to see Aiden Markram!” Read Kohli’s tweet dated March 24, 2018.
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Aiden Markram is a pleasure to watch!
, Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 24 March 2018
Twitter users cited Kohli’s tweet to troll the Indian cricketer.
Was it necessary for the boy to catch it? #INDvsSA https://t.co/naBoHkTPXU pic.twitter.com/dqCnVtwlyB
— sami (@dfahojaoqt) 30 October 2022
He gave the reason for dropping the catch here https://t.co/dCrpgTfM24
, Cricket Fan™ (@Vijay_Kohli__18) 30 October 2022
yes legend let’s drop the catch to see more https://t.co/9rkglaigR2
— Talha Arshad (@Mtam687) 30 October 2022
Relax guys, Kohli wanted to see him bat ahead. https://t.co/hW1FAA2PkP
— Abdul Hadi (@Abdul_Hadi_1) 30 October 2022
He’s apparently a fan too https://t.co/eJoSe26vnd
— toxic nihilists (@chaoticlabrat) 30 October 2022
Kohli wants happiness so the catch is missed https://t.co/w0wvdVItWc
— hhvm (@vakilfan) 30 October 2022
The drop cost India dearly as South Africa’s scorecard was 63-3 in 12 overs. Markram scored an impressive 52. David Miller, who mostly served as the second player in his partnership with Markram, shifted gears in the later half of his innings as he remained unbeaten on 59.
South Africa chased down the target of 134 runs set by India with 5 wickets and two balls to spare.
However, Lungi Ngidi’s match-winning 4/29 in 4 overs stopped India from going big. Suryakumar Yadav, with a scintillating 68 off 40 balls, was the only player to see India’s wasted innings.
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