Virat Kohli Brings Childhood Memories Back With Gully-Cricket Type Ball Searching Against Bangladesh – WATCH

New Delhi: Virat Kohli brought childhood memories back after the former Indian captain was caught going under what seemed like a platform for fireworks at Antigua in search of the ball during their Super 8 clash against Bangladesh in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on Saturday. The incident took place in the 17th over of Bangladesh’s chase.

Rishad Hossain has just clobbered Arshdeep Singh for a six over the deep mid-wicket fence to go under the platform. Kohli, who was fielding at the boundary wasted no time and himself went down under the platform, an act that recalled everyone’s memories who played cricket in childhood.

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Earlier, Hardik Pandya produced an all-round show while Kuldeep Yadav foxed Bangladesh batters with his guile as India all but almost assured themselves of a semifinals berth through a dominant 50-run victory.Star batter Virat Kohli (37 off 28) found much-needed rhythm before Shivam Dube (34 off 24) and Hardik (50 not out off 27) pushed India to 196/5, the highest total at this venue so far.

Bangladesh could never really challenge India in the steep run-chase and ended up with 146/8 in 20 overs, their second straight loss in the Super 8s. India will meet their match in Australia, the two unbeaten teams so far, in their final Super 8 fixture in St Lucia on Monday.

Kuldeep (3/19), who got his opportunity in the Caribbean leg of the competition, made the Bangladesh batters look clueless with the effective use of googly and stock ball. Bumrah (2/13 in four) produced a frugal effort as usual.

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Shanto (40 off 32) played some attacking shots including two sixes over fine leg off Hardik but did not get support from others as the batters let the team down once again.