WATCH: Kohli nearly overtakes Pujara while running

Dixit Bhargav | 27/12/2018
Kohli nearly overtakes Pujara

Kohli nearly overtakes Pujara: The Indian captain was involved in a hilarious moment when he nearly overtook Pujara while running.

During the second day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Melbourne, India captain Virat Kohli nearly overtook Cheteshwar Pujara while the duo was running between the wickets.

In what went down as a hysterical moment, it spoke highly of Kohli’s fitness. Arguably the best in the business, Kohli has put on display such instances of his elite fitness in the past as well.

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It happened on the fourth delivery of the 120th over when Kohli clipped a Pat Cummins delivery towards the deep mid-wicket region. Swift as he is, Kohli was interested in coming back for the fourth run as the ball didn’t have the legs to reach the boundary.

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However, Pujara, a slow runner, had merely completed his third run and was clearly seen refusing the fourth one. It was mature of Kohli to not run the fourth run as it would have been converted into a mix-up.

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Having resumed batting from yesterday, the duo stitched a 170-run stand for the third wicket. While there might be criticism regarding the respective strike rates of both the players, there is no hiding to the fact that they build a strong foundation for the others to follow.

Given the varying bounce which the pitch is experiencing, India have the opportunity to post a formidable total in their first innings. With Australia slated to bat fourth in the match, things are highly likely of becoming all the more difficult for them.

Watch the full video of Pujara refusing the fourth run:

 

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on the match below:

 

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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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