BGT | Twitter in awe as Kohli backs Siraj against hesitant Rohit to perfectly mastermind Smith's dismissal

With Siraj coming on to bowl the 11th over, Rohit Sharma asked Siraj to bowl from around the wicket while passing him by. However, Virat Kohli quickly came to his former RCB teammate's rescue, stating Siraj should stick to over the wicket. Rohit argued the angle would make it easier for Smith to open up his stance, and stood with his arms folded by the stumps, thus summoning a mini meeting with Kohli. The veteran batter explained that if Siraj now bowled a scrambled seam deliv♔ery angling down leg from the middle stump, Smith would be dead meat. The hesitation was writ large on Rohit🌟's face but Virat asked his captain to have faith and requested a square leg in position to subside the risks.

As it turned out, Smith won the first battl💞e by charging down the ground on the penultimate ball of the over and thumping Siraj over his head for an authoritative four. But ultimately, Kohli and Siraj had the last laugh when he tickled the next ball off his thighs and a flying Rishabh Pant completed the jobꦑ with an exceptional take, much to Twitterati's admiration.

Kohli gave advice to Siraj which Rohit opposed but Virat explained him and said it will get us a wicket and next ball Smith got out.



Mastermind Kohli 🫡 

— Ayush (@yush_18) 

Spiderman

Pant has taken excellent catch.

D💝honi's PR team is ꦇready to give the credit to iGhala.

— Dee Parulekar (@sankasoor) 

DSP on fire

pant making me eat my words wi𝔉th some fabulous wicket keeping in the second innings so far. 

— Pradeep(prady) (@pradytrader1) 

Smith gone

Should I declare ෴right now? What if India opens with Rishabh Pant and Akashdeep 

— Sagar (@sagarcasm)