WATCH: Virat Kohli gets massive reprieve as bails don’t fall despite ball hitting stumps off Oshane Thomas

Dixit Bhargav | 07/08/2019
WATCH: Virat Kohli gets massive reprieve as bails don't fall despite ball hitting stumps off Oshane Thomas

Virat Kohli gets massive reprieve: The Indian captain rode on his luck during the third T20I against West Indies in Guyana.

During the third T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of West Indies at Province Stadium in Guyana, India captain Virat Kohli was fortunate enough as the bails didn’t fall while he was batting despite an Oshane Thomas delivery hitting the stumps.

It all happened on the first delivery of the 18th over when Kohli inside edged a Thomas delivery on to his shoes. With a much reduced pace, the ball rolled backwards to hit the stumps. It isn’t the first time that the same has happened this year. The incident of bowlers getting deprived of wickets has been seen on several occasions lately.

Talking about the match, India defeated West Indies by 7 wickets to whitewash the opposition 3-0 in the three-match series. Chasing a 147-run target, India lost a couple of wickets in both opening batsmen. While Shikhar Dhawan (3) got out in the second over, Lokesh Rahul (20) soon followed him up in the fifth over.

It was a 106-run partnership for the third wicket between captain Virat Kohli and wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant which saw India seal the chase in the last over. While Pant (65*) top-scored with his second T20I half-century, it was Kohli who laid the foundation for the southpaw to finish the match.

Kohli, who came in to bat at No. 3 in the third over, ended up scoring 59 (45) with the help of six fours. On the other hand, Pant scored 65* (42) with the help of four fours and four sixes.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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