New DelhiIt is said that when the challenge is big, the examination is big, the step is interrupted and in spite of this, then that journey is very special. Virat Kohli came out as a captain in 2018 on a similar journey. The tour was South Africa's speed and the pitch with unprovoked bouncy was waiting for the Indian team.

This was Virat's first visit outside the subcontinent as captain. Virat as a captain and batsman wanted to show the world that he had reached South Africa with a mission. The start of the tour was not good for the Indian team. The first Test which was played in Cape Town lost India. In the second Test played at Centurion, Virat scored 153 runs, but India lost the match here and also fell behind in the series, now the last Test match of the series was Johenisburg's Vandersus ground.

Johannesburg saw Kohli's 'Virat' form

The series South Africa had won and winning the battle of Johannesburg was a fight for credibility for Virat. The pitch of green grasses with cracks looked so dangerous at first sight that hardly any batsman would be ready to bat when especially in the front team, there are bowlers like Cagiso Rabada, Philander, Morne Morkel, Lungi Nagidi. On such a pitch, Virat won the toss and batted first, then everyone went into silence, but this captain was a bit different. Score 13 runs in 9 overs when Virat came to bat. The pitch had started doing its game and when Virat got the first gesture of Rabada, he groaned with pain. A glimpse of how the injured lion is dangerous was found when Virat put some scenic drives on the cut bridge and Philander in the next few overs. Such a battle of ball and bat in which sometimes there were heavy and sometimes bowlers. Virat completed his half -century and shared an 83 -run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara. As soon as Virat was dismissed, India was dismissed at 187 in 76.4 overs.

Virat was heavy in the second innings too

After limiting South Africa on 194 runs, when India started its second innings, 3 wickets fell for 57 runs and all the expectations once again stayed on Virat Kohli. The wicket had deteriorated further, some balls went over the head, some did not rise from the ground, but it was not making any difference to Virat, but the ball was constantly on his body, but what was the Majal who left the front. Virat's clash with Tange bowlers ended on Rabada ball. Virat had scored 41 runs by then on such a bad wicket. This was Virat's innings that kept the team tied and then gave Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shami a chance to run hands in the lower order. South Africa collapsed for 177 runs, digitizing the target of 240 runs. This was a big victory in India, which was attributed to Virat's brilliant strategy, who decided to get down with the first 5 bowlers and then decided to bat first on a bad looking pitch. Although Virat scored a lot of centuries, but there was no addition to the innings of 50 and 41 runs played on Johenisburg.