Former Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday scored 64th half-century in the 50-over format in 3rd ODI match against South Africa at Cape Town.
Virat Kohli, who looked in full control brought up his fifty off 63 balls in the 5th ball of the 25th over. This is Kohli’s second half-century of the three-match series after he made one in the first game at Paarl. However, he was dismissed for a duck in the second ODI. Yet he proves the netizens that captaincy not doused the fire of ambition in him.
He took 63 deliveries to reach the half-century mark during India’s run chase of 288 and on reaching the mark with a single driven through sweeper cover, Kohli celebrated in a unique manner while pointing towards his wife Anushka and daughter Vamika who were present in the stands at the venue.
Having rarely played a false shot at the Boland Park today, Kohli had increased his fans’ expectation around seeing him score an ODI century after more than two years. It is worth mentioning that Kohli’s last international century had come against Bangladesh in India’s inaugural pink-ball Test match at the Eden Gardens in November 2019. As far as Kohli’s last ODI century is concerned, it had come against West Indies during India’s tour of West Indies in August 2019.