“Hardik Pandya’s reaction says it all,” Virat Kohli’s nonchalant maximum down the ground amidst Haris Rauf’s fiery spell continues to do the rounds on social media
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The ‘Chase Master’ was going through a lean patch for the past couple of years. Many questioned his place in the playing 11 for the T20I World Cup, but his heroics against Pakistan at the MCG threw all doubts out of the window. As he has done for the last decade and a half, Virat Kohli showed nerves of steel in guiding India to a victory in an absolute roller-coaster of a battle between the two arch-rivals.
Virat Kohli mesmerized fans with the kind of strokes he put on display at the iconic MCG. However, one particular stroke will be seated firmly in the minds of all cricket fans for the years to come. Requiring 28 runs off just 8 deliveries, the 33-year-old batter did something which even by his very lofty standards can be termed as surprising.
Haris Rauf was bowling at 145-150 clicks, and was in the middle of an unplayable spell. The Pakistani pacer decided to mix things up with a slower one in the penultimate delivery of the game. Virat Kohli pre-meditated the shot, stepped back and punched one straight down the ground for an unbelievable maximum.
Hardik Pandya reacts to Virat Kohli’s unbelievable maxium
Hardik Pandya played a handy knock, but was struggling to clear the ropes on Sunday evening. The Indian all-rounder missed a couple of deliveries in the same over, which made the task even tougher for India. After seeing Virat Kohli score a maximum off a perfectly executed slower one, Hardik Pandya was pumped and cheered on for his former skipper.
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