But the former India skipper was dismissed for a five-ball duck, which was his 14th in the format. It all happened in the 13th over when Keshav Maharaj tossed the ball up, and Kohli went for a cover drive. The ball stopped on to the batter, and he couldn’t keep it down to give an easy catch to the Proteas captain Temba Bavuma.
With this nought, Kohli entered the embarrassing list of most ducks for India in ODIs while batting at No. 1-7 position. This list has players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina.
Most ducks for India across formats: (position 1-7)
- 34 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 31 – Virat Kohli*
- 31 – Virender Sehwag
- 29 – Sourav Ganguly
- 26 – Yuvraj Singh
Kohli’s soft dismissal also triggered the meme fest as fans trolled the 33-year-old for his dismissal.
Here is how Netizens reacted:
That's now 64 consecutive innings since Virat Kohli's last international century.
He has been dismissed for seven ducks since he last reached triple figures for India.#SAvIND
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) January 21, 2022
We are welcoming king kohli to our duck adademy whole heartedly.
King , hope you will prosper more with our academy. We are pleased to have you with us. #SAvIND #INDvSA #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/liHyR8m9C8
— Sir Dinda Fan (@GoatedDinda) January 21, 2022
Shahid Afridi watching Virat Kohli getting out on a duck: #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/ZC5Lh1o9dn
— Vivek Gautam (@Imvivek04) January 21, 2022
*Virat Kohli after getting duck out #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/DGDstC04Ms
— astaxthedevil (@astaxthedevil) January 21, 2022
When Virat Kohli wanted to make 100 (century) today but goes for a duck ? #ViratKohli
Fans::: pic.twitter.com/4EggUoYodf
— Cricket P.O (@cricket_po) January 21, 2022
Virat Kohli goes for duck…
Saurav Ganguly and Jay shah : pic.twitter.com/UJn6EqeE89
— UmderTamker (@jhampakjhum) January 21, 2022
#INDvsSA
*Virat goes for duck*
Me rn: pic.twitter.com/lzWAEvIkEo
— Nishant Sharma ? (@srcsmic_enginer) January 21, 2022
#INDvsSA #ViratKholi
Kohli fans waiting for 71st century.
Kohli after getting out on Duck : pic.twitter.com/mkLlUgZ0XE
— Varad Ralegaonkar (@varadr_tistic) January 21, 2022
Boys after getting out on duck ?? pic.twitter.com/46PRxvlbPR
— ASmemesss (@asmemesss) January 21, 2022
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