Virat Kohli does not hide his feelings on the field of play. He openly expresses them. Kohli sets very high standards when it comes to fitness and fielding and the Indian Test captain gets annoyed when a player does not live up to them. Similarly, Kohli looked upset with Mayank Agarwal. While fielding on the boundary, Agarwal could not correctly guess the boundary line near him. Agarwal came running and reached the ball but he could not save four runs.
Keegan Pietersen punches Jasprit Bumrah’s ball on the backfoot. The ball went to the off side and Agarwal ran to the ball. Agarwal stopped the ball by sliding. It was a great effort. However, he could not throw the ball in time and touched the boundary line. The ball was in his hand and in such a situation he got a four. Sunil Gavaskar, who was doing commentary at that time, was also not happy with Agarwal’s effort.
Gavaskar supported Kohli’s reaction
After Agarwal’s effort, the expression of despair was clearly seen on Kohli’s face. He was quite frustrated. He also gestured by raising both his hands. And Gavaskar concurred with Kohli’s reaction during the commentary. Gavaskar said that Agarwal had plenty of time to flick the ball inside the boundary but it did not happen. Pietersen completed the second half century in this series for South Africa.
Gavaskar said, ‘He had a lot of time to throw the ball away, no surprise that Kohli was not happy with it.’
The Indian bowlers returned to the match and bowled out South Africa for 210 in the first innings. Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets for India. India had scored 223 runs in the first innings.
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