Once again Virat showed true sportsmanship as he put country first over self’s interest. One of the world’s best let Dinesh do the hitting despite being a single short of a half century.
There have been many examples of true sportsmanship in cricket. Earlier, Harmanpreet displayed great gesture as she made Jhulan Goswami a part of the toss ceremony during India-England match. It was last match for Jhulan, and it turned a memorable one too. Virat is a holder of many records and now he has set a record in terms of highest money charged by a player on Insta. If the reports are to be believed the ace player has charged Rs 8.5 Crores for a single post. Virat Kohli is a team’s player and plays the game in accordance with a true sportsmanship. An example was seen during the match between India and South Arica. Dinesh Karthik was in good form and was hitting the ball well. On other hand Virat Kohli just needed a single. As Virat puts team first, and let Dinesh finish it off, the gesture won the heart of every fan.
Just one run shy of his 50, Virat puts team first, let’s Karthik finish the game
In team personal goals don’t matter, and the same was on display in the match between India and South Africa. Kohli being one short of his half century, it was obvious that the fans were looking for the moment. However, Kohli put the team first and told Karthik to continue hitting and not worry about giving him the strike. A video has gone viral on the social media and fans are showering their praise on the former captain.
While Virat’s sportsmanship stole the show, India’s victory made it sweeter
South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and put India to bat. India put on a great show and put the highest ever total on board a team has got in the shortest format. They put up 237 against South Africa. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave India the start they needed with 96 runs partnership. Rohit played a solid knock of 43 in 36 balls, and Rahul stole the show by making 57 runs in just 28 balls. Suryakumar did not let the momentum fall after Rahul’s wicket and completed his half-century in just 18 balls. He ended up making 61 runs in just 22 balls before being run out.
Virat’s knock a treat to watch included seven boundaries a six
Former Indian captain remained unbeaten with a 28 ball 49 in a knock that included seven boundaries and a six. Thus, he became the first Indian to make 11,000 runs in the shortest form of the game. Karthik made 17 runs in just 7 balls.
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