‘Ravindra Jadeja in disguise’- Virat Kohli’s fielding masterclass sends social media buzzing

Virat Kohli, the Indian cricketing superstar continues to vow all with his fitness level. In the recent match against Australia, the 33-year-old showed a fielding masterclass that not even the younger players can emulate.

Although the star batter was incredible at the ground throughout, two moments that have sent cricket fans buzzing took place in the dying embers of the game. The first was when he came up with a sensational diving throw to dismiss Tim David in the 19^th over.

While fiddling at short, Kohli pounced at the ball and hit the wickets while diving to bring India their sixth wicket of the match. David threatened to take the game away from India and his wicket changed the game in India’s favour. The run-out attempt has been getting viral on social media with fans hailing Kohli as one of the fittest players on the side. This was however not all Kohli did on the field. The star player came off with another sensational attempt in the final over as well.

Fielding at long-on, Kohli made a perfect jump at the boundary line to catch the ball flying off of Pat Cummins’s bat. It looked like a certain six as it was hit with great power, but Kohli showed an insane level of awareness to make a perfect jump and dismissed the Australian batter.

Close encounter went in India’s favour

On the back of Kohli’s fielding and a resurgent Indian bowling lineup, India managed to win the warm-up game against Australia by six runs. India has earlier made 186 runs in 20 overs. KL Rahul (57) and Suryakumar Yadav (50) were the top scorers for the visiting team in the first innings.

Australia captain Aaron Finch made a sensational 76 off of 54 and made a great challenge towards the target, but Indian bowlers and fielder held their nerves to thwart all attempts of victory by the Australian side.

Kohli’s fielding got many talking on social media about his fitness and fielding abilities. As a result of his great fielding against Australia, “#viratKohli” started to trend on Twitter.

Let’s look at how Twitter reacted to Virat Kohli’s sensational fielding against Australia in the warm-up match: