Watch: Virat Kohli grooves to the big hits of Rishabh Pant at 2nd ODI in Paarl.© Twitter
Virat Kohli may have been sacked for a five-ball duck in the second ODI against South Africa, but that didn’t dampen his mood. Kohli thoroughly enjoyed Rishabh Pant’s blistering innings. Videos of Kohli dancing as he sat next to Shikhar Dhawan in the locker room went viral on social media on Friday. The reason for Kohli’s joyous moment was Pant. The Indian wicketkeeper batter hit his limits for fun in India’s unmissable encounter and it was his few hits over the top that Kohli was grooving.
Watch: Virat Kohli dances to the big hits of Rishabh Pant in 2nd ODI
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Kohli, who scored 51 in the first ODI, was sacked without disturbing the scorers in the second game. The former India captain wanted to drive a Keshav Maharaj delivery but ended up getting a simple catch for the cover fielder.
However, Pant more than made up for Kohli’s mistakes. The lefthander recorded the highest score of an Indian wicketkeeper batter in an ODI in South Africa past Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni. He scored 85 from 71 balls and starred in helping India to 287 for six after choosing to hit first.
Not only did he laud South Africa’s two left-arm spinners, Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi, for a six each over long-on, but also played the sweep shot – both slog sweep towards the cow corner and the conventional squares of the wicket with good result . It was such a shot from Shamsi that caused his downfall.
Pant hit 10 fours and two sixes in his entertaining innings. He forged a crucial 115-run second wicket stand with stand-in skipper KL Rahul (55) to form the foundation of India’s innings.
Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock scored half a century when South Africa won the second ODI by 7 wickets in Paarl.
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Malan hit 91, while De Kock scored 78 as South Africa chased the goal with 11 balls left.
The hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series, with the third and final ODI being played on Sunday, January 23.
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