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Battling against bad form, India’s star player Virat Kohli has failed in the big test. Kohli batted brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024 final against India against South Africa on Saturday. He scored a half-century in difficult conditions on the ground of Barbados. He scored 76 runs in 59 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Kohli has scored a fifty plus score for the first time in the last 10 T20 Internationals. In the ongoing T20 World Cup, he managed just 75 runs in seven matches until the semi-finals, returning to the pavilion for a wicket twice. However, a different style of Kohli was seen in the final.
In the title match, India won the toss and elected to bat first. Captain Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant fell victim to spinner Keshav Maharaj in the second over. Rohit scored 9 runs while Pant’s account was not even opened. The Indian camp was under tension after Suryakumar Yadav (3) was dismissed cheaply. In such a situation, Kohli held one end firmly. He shared a 72-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Akshar Patel (47 off 31 balls, one four, four sixes). Akshar returned to the pavilion after being run out in the 14th over. Kohli shared a 57-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Shivam Dube (27 off 16 balls, three fours, one six).
Kohli’s innings as the opener ended in the 19th over. He had Marco Johnson caught out by Kagiso Rabada. Based on Kohli’s innings, India scored 176/7. Although Kohli batted well under pressure, one statistic shocked everyone. In fact, Kohli completed his fifty slowly. He completed 50 runs in 48 balls. He t20 World Cup He is second in the list of Indian players to score the slowest fifty. Suryakumar tops this list. He scored a 49-ball fifty against Australia in the current tournament.