A clip went viral on social media the place a fan was seen touching Virat Kohli’s toes.© X (Twitter)
Star India batter Virat Kohli turned 35 on Sunday, November 5 and his legion of followers will hope he can mark the event by equalling Sachin Tendulkar‘s document of 49 One-Day Worldwide centuries. Kohli and India are squaring off in opposition to South Africa of their Cricket World Cup match on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, hoping to finish the group stage on the prime of the factors desk. Kohli has scored 48 ODI tons to this point, however has already missed out on two centuries within the ongoing Cricket World Cup.
Kohli was dismissed on 95 and 88 within the matches in opposition to New Zealand and Sri Lanka, respectively. Reviews have claimed that the Cricket Affiliation of Bengal will current Kohli a golden bat on his birthday.
Forward of the match, a clip went viral on social media the place a fan was seen touching Kohli’s toes. Kohli acknowledged the gesture of the younger fan, however ask him to not contact his toes.
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— (@wrogn_edits) November 5, 2023
India and South Africa, positioned first and second within the factors desk, are already into the final 4 and can keep on target to fulfill once more within the November 19 last in Ahmedabad if they maintain their present positions.
India captain Rohit Sharma received the toss and elected to bat in opposition to the Proteas.
Recent from skittling out Sri Lanka for simply 55 in Mumbai on Thursday, India are unchanged for this heavyweight conflict at Eden Gardens as they search for an eighth win eight video games.
South Africa made only one change to the aspect that overwhelmed New Zealand by 190 runs in Pune on Wednesday, with left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi changing paceman Gerald Coetzee.
(With AFP Inputs)
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