"He Tries To Control My Scoring...": Virat Kohli On How He Tamed Adam Zampa's Spin

27.09.2022 - 04:38 sports.ndtv.com

Star batter Virat Kohli was in his vintage mode on Sunday night, when Team India took on Australia in the third and final T20I of the three-match series.

Kohli smashed 63 off 48 balls and helped Team India chase down the target of 187, with six wickets in hand at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

With this win, the Rohit Sharma-led side also claimed the three-match T20I series 2-1. Team India required 11 runs off the last over, when Kohli and Hardik Pandya were on the crease and the former smashed a huge six on the first delivery of pacer Adam Zampa, before getting dismissed on the second one.

After the match, Kohli called Zampa a "quality bowler" and revealed that he came up with a mindset of going after him in the third T20I on Sunday. "I kind of made up my mind to go after him (Adam Zampa) today.

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