Hyderabad: When it comes to amazing run-outs, Jonty Rhodes flying through the air to demolish the stumps to run-out Inzamam-ul-Haq in the 1992 World Cup encounter against Pakistan in Brisbane tops the charts.
On Wednesday, Virat Kohli produced a similar effort during the first match of the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand to dismiss Henry Nicholls for 78.
Virat Kohli does a Jonty Rhodes in first ODI
Virat was fielding at covers when he got the opportunity of a run-out, and having grabbed the ball; After Ross Taylor had tapped Jasprit Bumrah to mid-off, he set off for a single but there was hesitation and Kohli hit the bullseye with a forward-sprint-and-dive direct hit at the batting end.
Interestingly, Kohli went for the underarm throw as opposed to a conventional one which would have allowed Nicholls more time to get back into the crease.
An elated Kohli, shouted 'C'MON', by which one can easily understand what the wicket meant to the Indians as New Zealand until then were well poised at 171 runs in the 29th over with the loss of only two wickets in their chase of 348.
The similarities with Inzamam-ul-Haq’s run-out does not end. In the 1992 clash, the batsman tried to sneak in a quick single and in this case, Nicholls too wanted to sneak in a quick single and was run-out after well made 78.
While filing the report, New Zealand scored 175 runs for the loss of three wickets with Tom Latham (2) and Ross Taylor (41) present at the crease.
