Watch: Virat Kohli Pulls Kagiso Rabada’s Bouncer To Collect “Rare” Six In The Series Decider In Cape Town | Cricket News

Virat Kohli hit a “uncommon” six throughout Day 1 of the continuing third Check match between India and South Africa in Cape City. Throughout his gritty 79-run knock, the Indian red-ball captain smashed 12 fours and one six. In keeping with well-known statistician Mohandas Menon, this was additionally Kohli’s fifth six in Check cricket since 2019. Menon additionally went on so as to add that batters Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant have had contrasting fortunes to hit maximums, when in comparison with Kohli. Throughout the identical interval, Rohit smashed 51 sixes, Mayank hit 25 and Pant bagged 18 maximums.

Watch: Virat Kohli pulls Kagiso Rabada for a six

Virat Kohli hits a six to Rabada in Check Cricket.#PSL2022 #INDvsSA #IPL2022 #Cricket pic.twitter.com/SJ5NxxZzvK

— ᎯᎻᏕᎯᏁ ᎷᏬᎶᎻᎯᏝ (@AhsanMughal0007) January 11, 2022

Kohli’s six on Day 1 got here off a supply off Kagiso Rabada within the forty first over. It was additionally India’s first most of the match.

A uncommon six for Virat Kohli in Assessments!
Right now his six at Cape City is the one fifth within the final three years!
Throughout the identical interval Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant have hit 31, 25 & 18 sixes respectively!#IndvSA #IndvsSA #SAvIND #INDvsSA

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 11, 2022

Apparently throughout the identical interval even Umesh Yadav has hit extra sixes than Kohli, registering 11 in 155 balls.

Umesh 11 sixes in 155 balls, Kohli 5 in 2568 balls!

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 11, 2022

India had been bowled out for 223 of their first innings as a lot of the batters besides captain Kohli, dissatisfied. KL Rahul, who smashed a ton within the first Check, may solely add 12 runs to the scoreboard.

His opening accomplice Mayank additionally added 15 runs off 35 balls.

Underneath-fire Cheteshwar Pujara missed out on a half-century by a whisker, smashing 43 off 77 balls.

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Ajinkya Rahane’s poor kind continued and he may solely bag 9 runs off 12 balls.

Rabada was in high kind for South Africa and took 4 wickets in 22 overs. Marco Jansen additionally bagged three dismissals, with Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi and Keshav Maharaj registered a scalp every.