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Former Indian skipper and veteran batter Virat Kohli won millions of Indian hearts with his gesture in the second T20I against South Africa. The way he sacrificed his half-century and asked Dinesh Karthik to hit the maximums has gone viral over social media. Notably, Kohli was playing on 49 runs when Dinesh Karthik was on the strike in the last over.
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Karthik came to Kohli and asked if he can run a single and give him a strike to complete the half-century. But the 33-year-old opted to refuse it and asked the former to smash the maximums.
After seeing this amazing gesture from a legend like Kohli, Indian cricket fans felt extremely overwhelmed. They took no time in pouring out their hearts in the praise of the senior batter to sacrifice his own milestone for the team. Fans took to Twitter for hailing the Delhi batter and his gesture to the senior wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik.
Here’s how fans reacted to Kohli’s gesture:
A man with golden heart sacrifices his 50 for team scoreboard🖤.
— Sakshiii (@singhsakshiiii) October 2, 2022
And yes virat is an emotion and special part of our life .
Congratulations for 11000 runs.
The respect for you increases in my heart day by day.
Keep shining rockstar 💫#ViratKohli𓃵 #kingkohli pic.twitter.com/TMMgn6LNVH
This moment >> every indian while
— Mayur (@133_AT_Hobart) October 2, 2022
That moment
Retweet if u agree.
Team man Kohli won hearts again. #ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/UHdlTWyT58
That's what made him king, 🐐
— Mayur (@133_AT_Hobart) October 2, 2022
Team & teammates >>>>Anything
Also this is the reason behind Rohit calls him leader of the team.
That's Virat Kohli for u #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/GhVVN7qyJs
A man who's keep nation at Top than records 🥺💕!!
— Virat Kohli FC 💫 (@Team_Kohli_) October 2, 2022
Love you king 😫#ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/u8EYLVIESa
Virat Kohli at 49* telling DK to keep the strike#ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/1k3N3SceB0
— Krishna Prasad (@mr_mister_kp) October 2, 2022
Still school kids say he is playing for personal records#ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/eeWwqp3rwd
— Kishore Chowdary (@KishorePKVK) October 2, 2022
Winning hearts is his Quality. #ViratKohli𓃵 #Kohli pic.twitter.com/uTHn6F3Mio
— Mayur (@133_AT_Hobart) October 2, 2022
Dinesh Kartik to Virat: Should i take single so you can complete your Half Century.
— Vicky Shinde (@iamshinde83) October 2, 2022
Virat Kohli: No no you play
Virat Kohli never look for his personal records.#INDvSA #ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/8tBoIibvQS
Dear Political Leaders This is How a Leader Behave..#ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/bmFSxdoqd8
— Barnstorm Co-operations (@BarnCops) October 2, 2022
Speaking of the match, then Kohli played a very crucial knock of 49 runs off just 28 balls with seven boundaries and a six to his name. Besides Kohli, KL Rahul also played a foundational knock of 57 runs off just 28 balls alongside a 43-run knock from skipper Rohit himself. Later on, Surykaumar Yadav, in red-hot form, smashed a blistering knock of 61 runs off just 22 balls. Keshav Maharaj was the only proteas bowler who scalped two wickets.
While chasing the target, the senior duo of Quinton de Kock and David Miller played exceptionally well for the visitors. They both made a mammoth and unbeaten partnership of 174 runs for the third wicket. David Miller smashed a brilliant century off just 46 balls but these efforts went in vain as South Africa could score only 221 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. Eventually, India won the match by 16 runs to take a winning lead of 2-0 in the series.