Virat Kohli catch vs South Africa: Watch Indian captain grabs splendid athletic catch to dismiss Quinton de Kock

Dixit Bhargav | 18/09/2019
Virat Kohli catch vs South Africa: Watch Indian captain grabs splendid athletic catch to dismiss Quinton de Kock

Virat Kohli catch vs South Africa: The Indian captain led from the front in the field to send back his counterpart in the 12th over.

During the second T20I of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of India in Mohali, India captain Virat Kohli led from the front on the field to grab a splendid athletic catch to send back South Africa captain Quinton de Kock to the pavilion.

It all happened on the second delivery of the 12th over when de Kock’s attempt to continue assault against India fast bowler Navdeep Saini saw him mis-timing the ball. In what was a short-of-length delivery, de Kock wanted to hit it down the ground.

As a result, the southpaw hit the ball between mid-off and mid-on. Kohli, who was fielding at mid-off, ran to his left to eventually time his dive to perfection to complete a marvelous catch.

In the last few overs, India have given an overthrow and gave away another boundary while trying to catch a ball. Just when things were seeming to go out of control, Kohli made sure he didn’t let the slight opportunity go away.

Having opened the batting alongside Reeza Hendricks (6), de Kock was his sublime touch from the word go. Getting assistance from the surface, de Kock punished the Indian bowlers at will in the powerplay. In what was his third T20I half-century, de Kock ended up scoring 52 (37) with the help of eight fours after Kohli won the toss and put the visitors in to bat.

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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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