Virat Kohli Praises Fan For Taking Sharp Catch During IND Vs AUS Clash In T20 World Cup 2024 – WATCH

New Delhi: Virat Kohli might have been dismissed for a duck against Australia on Monday but he didn’t forget to make a fan’s day who came to watch them play against Australia at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. The incident took place in the 13th over when Shivam Dube went downtown against spinner Adam Zampa, smoking a gigantic six which cleared the boundary by a long distance.

Seeing the ball coming towards his area, a local fan darted following the ball and eventually completed the catch, thereby earning praise from the living legend Kohli. The reaction of the former India captain came in after the visuals were replayed on the giant screen when Kohli took a moment to applaud the fan for taking a sharp catch.

As far as the game is concerned, India rode on skipper Rohit Sharma’s scintillating 41-ball 92 to beat Australia by 24 runs in their final Super 8 fixture and qualify for the semifinals. Batting first, Rohit fired on all cylinders and struck as many as eight sixes and seven fours during his sparkling knock, which powered India to an imposing 205/5.

In reply, Australia were restricted to 181/7 in the stipulated 20 overs. Travis Head top-scored for Australia with 76 off 43 balls. Among Indian bowlers, Kuldeep Yadav (2/24) performed brilliantly in the middle overs, while Arshdeep Singh ended with figures of 3/37.

Earlier, unperturbed by Virat Kohli’s early dismissal, Rohit went after pacer Mitchell Starc and bludgeoned him for 29 runs in his second over, setting the tone for India. Starc, who was taken to the cleaners by Rohit, returned to dismiss the India captain and give some relief to the Australian camp.

But Suryakumar Yadav (31 off 16 balls) and Shivam Dube (28 off 22) kept up the tempo with their big hits before Hardik Pandya (27 off 17) finished the India innings in style. India will take on England in the second semifinal on June 27 in Guyana.