IND vs SA | Twitter enjoys stump mic special as Pant engages de Kock in friendly banter

The toss is often marked as important in a huge final and Rohit Sharma benefite💜d with luck in the grand stage. However, Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada’s early scalps inside the powerplay p♊ushed the Men in Blue on the back foot. Virat Kohli and Axar Patel’s gritty knocks stabilised the stage and helped India to post 176 runs in 20 overs. Similar to their counterparts, South Africa incurred a couple of jolts before Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs stabilized the stage. 

The fifth ball of the sixth over saw Kuldeep Yadav come over the wicket and bowl a fuller one at the off stump. De Kock shimmied down the strip and pushed it towards the right of the bowler but was denied a single. Subsequently, Pant behind the stumps was seen engaging in a friendly banter with the batter, leav🐭ing de Kock in smiles. Although it wasn’t sure what the gloveman told the left-hander, seeing the heart-warming moment, the Twitterverse abuzz.

And its a high pressure game!

Loving it

Outfoxing time

LOL

Yup

It was funny

Stop it

Easy peasy

That's sad

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