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After a long time, India is playing the longest format of cricket. After ending the World Cup, Team India is currently on their South Africa Tour. The T20 series and ODI series are done. On December 26, India and South Africa started playing the first Test of the series. On that day, Team India struggled in the first day. After the day ended, India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour praised Virat Kohli for his contribution on the opening day.
Vikram Rathour on Virat Kohli:
After a long time, Virat Kohli is back in international cricket. After the World Cup defeat, he opted to rest from the white ball format. After a break, he traveled to South Africa. On December 26, the first Test match of the series was scheduled to start. As the team didn’t play the Test for a long, the team played a four-match practice game.
But Virat Kohli missed the match for a leave he had taken from BCCI. after returning to South Africa, he practiced only in one net session. But Team India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour praised Virat Kohli. He said that Virat Kohli doesn’t need too much practice.
While praising the former Indian skipper, Rathour said, “The stage of his career Virat (Kohli) is, I don’t think he needs a lot of practice. He bats a lot and trains a lot. So, if he practiced a few days less, doesn’t matter much. We saw, how well he was playing. It didn’t seem he was away from red-ball cricket for six months. It’s a good sign.”
IND vs. SA First Test Match:
On December 26, India and South Africa started facing each other in the first Test match of the series. After winning the toss, South Africa opted to bowl first. While batting first, Team India had a shaky start. They lost a couple of wickets quickly. Skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Yashasvi Jaiswal lost their wickets quickly.
Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer made a partnership. They tried to hold India’s innings. Virat walked away after scoring 38 runs in 64 balls. Shreyas Iyer played a knock of 31 runs. Shardul got hit in the head by a bouncer by Gerald Coetzee. He scored 24 runs in 33 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin got out quickly by scoring 8 runs.
But KL Rahul was the hero of the match. After struggling with a long injury, the came back in a white jersey after a long time. When Team India was losing wickets frequently, he stood strong and held the pressure on himself. In a critical time, he played a knock of 101 runs in 137 balls. He smashed 14 boundaries and 4 over-boundaries. After the fighting knock, Team India got all out in 245 runs.
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