After Winning Over New Zealand In Warm-Up Match, This Gesture From Virat Kohli Had Won The Hearts Of Every Fan In The Stadium [WATCH VIDEO]
The first ICC Champions Trophy warm-up game between India and New Zealand resulted in the favor of defending champions as the rain stopped the play. India defeated New Zealand by 45 runs on Duckworth-Lewis method at Kennington Oval on Sunday.
Team India looked they have given a fine start to the tournament with good performance in both batting and the bowling departments. As it was the first International tournament for the new skipper Virat Kohli. He was happy, immensely impressed and pleased with the efforts of the team.
With the weekend factor counting, the venue witnessed a larger presence of Indian fans, who cheered through each moment that India dominated. Thus, an overwhelmed Kohli went ahead to share the moment of happiness with the fans. Soon after the result was announced, Virat came out to sign some autographs for his fans from the team balcony.
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The Indian captain obliged and signed a few autographs for the fans. The official Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Twitter handle, posted a video of the same with a caption, “#CT17 warm-up match – After India won on D/L, the skipper @imVkohli obliged the fans #INDvNZ”.
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🇮🇳 vs 🇳🇿 #CT17 warm-up match – After India won on D/L, the skipper @imVkohli obliged the fans #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/ITrepEkSqq
— BCCI (@BCCI) May 28, 2017
Indian Pacers Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar ripped through the Kiwi batting order as they both scalped three wickets each. Shami was outstanding in his comeback game. The Kiwi team bundled out for a mere 189 in 38.4 overs.
While chasing, opener Ajinkya Rahane (7) fell shortly, but a decent 68-run stand between Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli shifted the momentum towards India. At the end, team India raced away to 129/3 in the 26th over, after which a shower interrupted the proceedings.
The skipper Virat remained unbeaten at 52 runs off 55 deliveries as India clinched victory by 45 runs by D/L method.
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