The Crowd Was Continuously Chanting Virat Kohli’s Franchise’s Name, See What Virat Kohli Did After That
Virat Kohli for India against Australia in second T20I (Image Source: Twitter)
After losing the series opener on 20 September 2022, India locked horns again with Australia in Nagpur on 23 September. India were hoping to make a comeback in the series. While Australia were looking to seal the series. But, India managed to win the match by six wickets while chasing 91 runs in eight overs.
Due to the wet outfield, the match got delayed. The game also got reduced to eight overs. However, before the start of that match, fans were chanting the Bangalore franchise’s name for Virat Kohli. But, the former Indian skipper came up with an epic reply for those fans. The video went viral on Twitter.
Here is the shared video:
EXCLUSIVE: Virat’s reaction when the crowd chanted RCB..RCB in the second T20I at #Nagpur! #CricketWithYash #Kohli #INDvsAUS #NagpurT20I #KingKohli #cricket #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/JrcGrgHt1g
— Dr. Yash Kashikar (@yash_kashikar) September 24, 2022
Virat Kohli scored 11 runs off six balls against Australia in the second T20I
Speaking of the video, Virat Kohli was waiting eagerly for the match to begin in the dressing room. Then, fans started to chant his Indian T20 League franchise’s name. Hearing that, Kohli pointed toward the India logo on his jersey. He asked fans to chant for ‘India’ instead of ‘Bangalore’. The former Indian skipper remind everyone that he was going to play for India, not Bangalore.
Speaking of the match, after several inspections, umpires gave the green light. Rohit Sharma won the toss and he asked the Aussies to bat first. However, India brought back Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant to the playing XI from the first match. Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar lost their place in the final XI.
While batting first, Australia scored 90 runs for five wickets in eight overs. Skipper Aaron Finch scored 31 runs off 15 balls, including four boundaries and a six. Matthew Wade remained not out on 43 runs off 20 balls, including four boundaries and three sixes. In reply, India managed to chase down the target in 7.2 overs. Virat Kohli scored 11 runs off six balls before losing his wicket to Adam Zampa. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma won the player of the match by scoring 46* runs off 20 balls.
