Kohli interacts with Rashid and Gurbaz after Indore T20I – photo goes viral
Virat Kohli interacted with Rashid Khan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz after winning the 2nd T20I against Afghanistan in Indore.
New Delhi: The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team defeated Ibrahim Zadran's Afghanistan by six wickets in the second T20I at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on January 14, sealing the three-match series 2-0. After the match, India's star batsman Virat Kohli was seen interacting with Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan and wicketkeeper-batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
The photo of the cool Indian having a conversation with the Afghan star is now going viral in the social space. Fans are happy to see the top stars interacting with each other and quickly sharing photos on the Internet.
Virat Kohli with Rashid Khan and Gurbaz. pic.twitter.com/dc3K6XtEiY
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 14, 2024
Brilliant fifties from Yashasvi Jaiswal (68) and Shivam Dube (63 not out) guided Team India to a stunning 6-wicket win (with 26 balls remaining) over Afghanistan and sealed an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series , here on Sunday.
The Men-in-Blue chased down 173 runs in just 15.4 overs. Virat Kohli, who returned to the T20I squad for the first time in 14 months, played a short but entertaining innings by scoring 29 off 16 balls.
Arshdeep Singh (3/32) and Axar Patel (2/17) stood out with the ball after captain Rohit Sharma, appearing in a record-breaking 150th international in T20Is, won the toss and opted to bowl. India restricted Afghanistan to a par total despite a quickfire fifty from Gulbadin Naib (57).
Rohit got out for a duck for the second time in a row in the series, but the comeback man clinched the series win on his return to the shortest format of the game. The hosts will look to make a clean sweep when they take on Afghanistan in the final T20I in Bengaluru on Wednesday.