Kohli dropped Ibrahim Zadran off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh.
Barbados: Virat Kohli is one of the fittest cricketers in the world and he prides himself on his fielding. That is exactly why he was in disbelief when he dropped a sitter at backward point during a Super 8 T20 World Cup 2024 match versus Afghanistan. Kohli dropped Ibrahim Zadran off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh. It happened in the third over off a short of length across off. It got big on Zadran as he looked to punch it off the back foot but only managed to hit it in the air to backward point. He was lucky Kohli dropped the catch.
Here is how fans reacted to the dropped catch:
I must say Virat Kohli enjoys a lot of good PR.
In cricket its known that Catches win matches. Kohli drops one catch and the PR machine does it’s job really well.
— Chetan Bhutani (@BhutaniChetan) June 20, 2024
Easy tha isliye chod diya agar PumaDive catch hota toh hatho me hota #INDvsAFG #INDvAFG #AFGvIND #ViratKohli https://t.co/6P0StBuq5h
— See the Good Shri (@shrispy24) June 20, 2024
Easy catch drop. This is Virat Kohli heritage.
— H.
(@cmoncheeeks) June 20, 2024
Jahan matter bade hote hain
King kohli Catch bhi nahi pakad paate hai#INDvsAFG #ViratKohli— inder Singh bhati (@InderSinghBha18) June 20, 2024
Also Virat Kohli doesn’t know how to catch also.
— Nagu (@Nagrajvbk) June 20, 2024
Kohli did not fire with the bat as well. After doing the hard bit and getting his eye in, he gave it away when on 24. Kohli scored 24 off 24 balls. Rashid Khan picked up his wicket.
For India, it was Suryakumar Yadav’s blazing 53 off 28 balls that helped the side get to a decent 181 for eight. Rashid picked up three wickets and was the best Afghan bowler on show.
