Veteran India batter Virat Kohli He opened his account in style, smashing South African speedster Lungi Ngidi for a six in the second ODI of the three-match series. The match will be held on Wednesday, December 3, in Raipur.
The moment came on the final delivery of the sixth over of India’s innings. Ngidi bowled a short ball at 131.5km/h, and Kohli yanked it over backward square leg, going a six off the mark on just his fourth ball of the innings.
Watch the clip below:
The Delhi-born pacer will be hoping to deliver another match-defining knock after winning the man-of-the-match award in his first ODI, where he scored 135 off 120 balls, smashing 11 fours and seven sixes. His efforts helped India register a 17-run win while defending 349.
Virat Kohli-Yashasvi Jaiswal looks to steady the innings after Rohit Sharma’s dismissal
South African captain Temba Bavuma He won the toss and invited India to bat. Yashasvi Jaiswal started India’s run in style by hitting a boundary first ball. In the fifth over, Rohit Sharma hit three consecutive threes off Nandre Burger before edged Quinton de Kock on the fifth delivery, departing for 14 off eight balls.
Virat Kohli entered at number three and opened his account with a six. Since then, Jaiswal and Kohli have nailed the innings. At the time of writing, India are 59/1 after eight overs, with Jaiswal on 21 and Kohli on eight.
The starting lineup for both teams:
India: Yashavi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, and Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Themba Bavuma (c), Matthew Bretzke, Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Previs, Marco Janssen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.
Edited by Dave Sharma
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2025-12-03 10:18:00
