T20 World Cup 2024: Virat Kohli evokes childhood memories with ‘gully cricket’ antics against Bangladesh

Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Disney+Hotstar)

India’s 50-run win over Bangladesh was their second win in two games in the Super-8 stage of the T20 World Cup. The victory puts the Men in Blue within touching distance of making it to the semi-finals of the tournament while Bangladesh are in a precarious position as far as the semi-finals race is concerned.

Meanwhile, in a funny moment, Virat Kohli did something that had the fans in splits. Rishad Hossain’s huge six led the ball underneath a structure placed outside the boundary. Kohli did not hesitate as he scrambled under and went looking for the ball. 

India coast home to easy win over Bangladesh 

Speaking of the match, Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl and the decision backfired. India posted 196 and did not face much trouble against the Bangladeshi bowling unit.

Rohit Sharma began well and scored 23 off just 11 balls. Virat Kohli looked at easy as he scored 37 runs from 28 balls with one four and three sixes. 

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Tanzim Hasan Sakib then got the wickets of Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav in a space of three balls. Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya then combined to add 53 runs for the fifth wicket as the two Indian batters attacked the opposition bowlers.Pandya ended with 50 not out from 27 balls with four boundaries and three sixes.

Chasing 197, Bangladesh were never in the game as the Indian bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto was the best batter, scoring 40 off 32 balls. Rishad Hossain did contributed with the bat as well, adding 24 from 10 balls. Jasprit Bumrah yet again was the best bowler with 2/13 from four overs, while Kuldeep Yadav picked 3/19 from his quota to help India win comfortably in the end.