The first match of the 3-match ODI series between the Indian cricket team and the South African cricket team is currently underway at the Boland Park in Paarl. The home team batted first and scored a brilliant 296/4 on the board. Virat Kohli is not the captain in this match, but he has been involved as always. KL Rahul and Temba Bavuma were the captains who came out for the toss.
The Indian cricket team got off to a good start as the Proteas were down to 68/3 at 17.4 overs. Debutant Venkatesh Iyer executed a fine direct hit to run out the in-form Aiden Markram, while Ravichandran Ashwin picked up his first ODI in over four years by rattling the stumps of Quinton de Kock. Jasprit Bumrah also ended his ODI wickets drought with the dismissal of Janneman Malan.
Captain Temba Bavuma then built a game-changing partnership of 204 runs with Rassie van der Dussen for the fourth wicket as the South African cricket team inched closer to the 300-run mark. While the Proteas finished with 296, both Bavuma and van der Dussen managed to register their centuries.
Temba Bavuma and Virat Kohli had an exchange of words during the 1st innings
Although Virat Kohli is no longer the captain, he continued to show his aggression on the field as he had a brief exchange of words with the South African skipper. Twitterati caught up the discussion that the two players had.
In this article now, we will look at the top Twitter reactions to the Kohli-Bavuma incident:
Agressive Kohli activated 🥰
— “ (@KohlifiedGal) January 19, 2022
Loved his attitude today , especially towards bavuma last over .
Captain or not , he’s always animated and expressive only that’s his game
Virat Kohli to Bavuma (stump mic): What? You were out of the crease, I threw the ball, I'm not the captain anymore, so you know now Roshan Rai will seek attention by posting fake stuff about me https://t.co/v2cmNsnaW2
— Rajasthani Memer 4.0 (@Memes_Raj) January 19, 2022
— Sunaina Gosh (@Sunainagosh7) January 19, 2022
Virat Kohli watching Temba Bavuma celebrating his century be like :-#INDvsSA #SAvsIND #ViratKohli #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/5jDo40473o
— Innocent Child (@bholaladkaa) January 19, 2022
Words exchange between Virat and Temba Bavuma pic.twitter.com/YpOCJFzIEC
— Rajwardhan (@im_Rajwardhan) January 19, 2022
Chahal to Bavuma, no run, Bavuma again finds Kohli at cover, a fierce throw almost hits Bavuma who was bending down to avoid the throw, a few words exchanged between Bavuma and Kohli, the former Indian captain looks quite aggressive in his body language. Love this energy #Virat
— Ashwani singh (@mrknown49) January 19, 2022
Goat Bavuma in the end looks so scared 😭 https://t.co/jhGd5KA39m
— #We want aggressive Kohli back 💪 (@crickohli18) January 19, 2022
Virat Kohli👀
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) January 19, 2022
📸: Disney+Hotstar#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/O833HFVJEr
Come on Virat 😂🔥
— Kaira (@kaiiraa18) January 19, 2022
Make this match more interesting 😂
