Virat Kohli gesture towards BJ Watling I virat kohli’s gesture towards bj watling before start of reserve day in wtc final goes viral

southamptonIndian captain Virat Kohli’s feelings for BJ Watling on the reserve day of the World Test Championship final in Southampton on Wednesday went viral on social media. Watling is playing cricket on his last day of international cricket. He had already announced that the WTC final against India would be his last match. Like a true messenger of the game, Kohli shook hands with Watling before bowling the first ball and wished the New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman all the best.

The ICC shared a video in which Virat Kohli is seen congratulating BJ Watling. Both Kohli and Watling are shaking hands with each other. ICC wrote in a tweet that a great gesture by the Indian captain to congratulate the New Zealand captain on the last day of his career. This gesture of Kohli is being highly appreciated on social media. Screenshots of this moment are being shared in large numbers on social media.

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However, Virat Kohli (13) failed to play a big innings and Watling took his easy catch off Jameson’s delivery. Kyle Jameson’s outswing was hit by the outside edge of Kohli’s bat and Watling took a simple catch. The second innings of the Indian team was all out for 170 runs and now New Zealand have a target of 139 runs to win. New Zealand will try to bid farewell to BJ Watling with a win.