Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli, whenever he settles on the field, it is certain that the opposition team will be in trouble.
King Kohli has played many brilliant innings in his career so far, but October 23, 2022 was a very special day for him. The amazing feat he did against Pakistan in the World Cup is always discussed. Kohli had led India to a historic victory against Pakistan. With this victory, King Kohli gave a Diwali gift to the fans.
Kohli, who faced stress in a match changing from moment to moment, played the best innings of his career. Even though India had a bad start, in the end Kohli changed the course of the match by hitting two sixes. He hit two sixes off Pakistan’s fast bowler Haris Rauf and led India to victory. Kohli’s sixes will still be fresh in Haris’s mind.
On This Day T20 World Cup 2022: When Virat Kohli recruited Haris Rauf
It is the year 2022 when the T20 World Cup 2022 match was being played between Pakistan and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this high-voltage match, Pakistan team had scored 159 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Half-century innings were scored by the bats of Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed.
Whereas, from India’s side, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya took 3-3 wickets. At the same time, the Indian team had a bad start while chasing 160 runs. India had lost 4 wickets till the score of 31 runs. Then Virat Kohli took the responsibility of handling the team’s innings. Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs facing 53 balls.
Virat Kohli hit two sixes on two balls of Haris.
When India needed 28 runs from 8 balls in the match against Pakistan, Virat Kohli changed the match by hitting two sixes on two consecutive balls of Haris Rauf, which also included a state six. ICC awarded Kohli’s six with ‘ICC Shot of the Century’ after the match.
thrill of the last over
Hardik Pandya was dismissed by Mohammad Nawaz on the very first ball. Dinesh Karthik scored one run on the second ball and Kohli scored two runs on the third ball. The fourth ball was a no ball on which Kohli hit a six. Now six runs were needed in three balls. The next ball was wide, after which three runs were scored after the bye, but Karthik was out on the fifth ball. R Ashwin gave victory to the team by taking one run on the last ball. Hardik Pandya played an inning of 40 runs in 37 balls.
