India’s innings was constructed round Kohli, who had solely made two double-figure scores within the event.
Right here he notched his third inside 5 balls by driving and flicking Jansen for 3 fours within the first over.
India have been flying when Rohit hit the primary two balls of the second over for 4, however after the captain swept spinner Keshav Maharaj to sq. leg, the Proteas fought again fantastically.
Rishabh Pant chipped up a full toss for a duck and the harmful Suryakumar Yadav was caught at high quality leg however, from 34-3, Kohli was capable of play the function he is aware of greatest.
He didn’t hit a boundary between the fourth and 18th overs. Axar Patel, promoted to offer a left-handed possibility, as an alternative offered the assault with 47, together with two high quality hits over long-on, in a partnership of 72.
Shivam Dube added impetus together with his 16-ball 27 as Kohli’s subsequent assist act.
Within the 18th over, Kohli lower free, placing Rabada fantastically over long-on, pulling the subsequent ball for 4 and within the nineteenth he whipped Jansen on to the roof of the pavilion.
The 50-over World Cup, the place Kohli was the event’s main scorer, was presupposed to be the white-ball nice’s crowning glory.
Ultimately, it got here on the opposite facet of the world eight months later, with Kohli confirming this was his closing T20 World Cup look.
