Virat Kohli hilarious mimicry of Bangladesh’s failed run-out has Shubman Gill, KL Rahul hooked; Rishabh Pant chips

Virat Kohli, who at that point did not look pleased with Rishabh Pant, found humor in the survival episode later on while India was fielding.

India’s batting panic at Green Park stadium, where Virat Kohli is a former captain, prompted a run-out warning in the form of a mix-up with Rishabh Pant on Monday, who is now back in Mayank Aggarwal’s position. The sight had even left captain Rohit Sharma and most in the Indian dressing room tensed as the hosts aimed to force a result in the rain-affected Test. It was a good run during India’s second picket when Virat Kohli who did look unhappy with Rishabh Pant then saw the funny side to that survival.

Shubman Gill and KL Rahul hooked

This incident is said to have occurred in the 19th over of India’s innings when Virat Kohli, who batted at No.5 and was on 2 off 3 balls, came into the picture. Khaled Ahmed bowled a good length delivery outside off. Virat Kohli managed to bat on the edge and it went outside the pitch on his right. With two consecutive days of no play due to a wet outfield during the third Test at Kanpur, the order from the dressing room regarding India’s approach to this game was unambiguous, and so Virat Kohli sprinted out for a single.

Rishabh Pant stood at the other wicket’s end and when he heard ‘run,’ he followed. Within moments, however, he froze, and so did Virat Kohli on the other side, who was now too far beyond the crease.

The speedster sprinted towards the ball, picked it up, and threw it underarm at the wicket. Virat Kohli had already resigned himself to being unable to make the crease again, but through sheer good fortune managed not to be given out. If Khaled had seen that Virat Kohli was nowhere near the base, he comprehensively wouldn’t have tossed the ball that went overboard, but this mischance left his fellows fuming anyway.

Virat Kohli, too did not appear to be pleased with the mix-up regarding the teams, but it was Lt Col Rishabh Pant who extended his hand and apologized even as an intimate hug. Thereafter, another video surfaced where the 35-year-old laughed while copying the run-out practicing failure attempts of Bangladeshi fans against the Indian cricket team in the last fielding session of the day. Rishabh Pant also joined in, as did the other slip Tuli — KL Rahul and Shubman Gill who were Fiscated.

Can India squeeze out a win on Day 5?

The ruthless battering inflicted by the Indian side was unthinkable in a Test match played in which seven sessions were lost. This made it possible to achieve a result in Kanpur where for seven sessions in this match the bull ring lay unused. A simultaneous strike of Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin brought about the end of the Bangladeshi innings just after Lunch on Day 4 as they bagged up the last 7 wickets for a mere 126 runs before the batters turned it on and created records for the fastest 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 in Test match history.

When India recorded its final score, there were 45 minutes left on Orthodox time while it was still possible and there were 285 runs for 9 wickets. The final segment left, at that time, began, spineless Bumrah was well on his way to earning 2 wickets more and leaving Bangladesh at 26 for 2.

Ashwin is likely to feature prominently at the center along with Ravindra Jadeja as India aims to take the last eight wickets and clinch the game at Kanpur on Day 5 which would then improve their possibilities of reaching the WTC final for the third consecutive time.