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Virat Kohli is widely regarded as one of the finest finishers in modern cricket. His ability to chase targets under pressure sets him apart from many great players. Kohli combines exceptional timing, fitness, and mental strength to control the game in tense situations. He rarely panics, even when the required run rate climbs, and instead builds his innings with calculated precision.
What makes him a brilliant finisher is his deep understanding of match situations. Kohli knows when to accelerate and when to rotate the strike, ensuring that the scoreboard keeps moving. His consistency in run chases, especially in ODIs and T20s, has earned him numerous match-winning performances.
Moreover, Kohli’s passion and hunger for victory drive him to perform at his best till the last ball. His calm mindset and sharp cricketing intelligence make him a dependable player in high-pressure moments, solidifying his reputation as a true match finisher.
What makes him a brilliant finisher is his deep understanding of match situations. Kohli knows when to accelerate and when to rotate the strike, ensuring that the scoreboard keeps moving. His consistency in run chases, especially in ODIs and T20s, has earned him numerous match-winning performances.
Moreover, Kohli’s passion and hunger for victory drive him to perform at his best till the last ball. His calm mindset and sharp cricketing intelligence make him a dependable player in high-pressure moments, solidifying his reputation as a true match finisher.
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00:00Pakistan was 6 ahead, coming down to the dreaded 19th over, but it's dreaded 19th with India
00:05bowling, and as you'd imagine, it's Aris Robb, this will do over to the match to Pakistan,
00:14I reckon India did 14-15 at least of this one, right Vazid, what's he going to do, you've
00:21seen so much of Aris Robb, is he going to pull the slower ones into the deck, the quick
00:25Yorkers, I think he's going to be into the deck, even if it's slower, he's still going
00:31to be into the deck, fine leg is up, the third man is out on the boundary for the uppercut,
00:40he's put that in the cap, no he hasn't, that's the single, but if Virat is turning it on,
00:44who's now back in strike, Vazid, I've got a question with you, who bowls the last over,
00:54who hits the bowl the last over, I think Nassim Shah will go good, I don't know, he's finished,
01:00oh he's got one good, Nawaz left, yes, exactly, yeah, Nawaz will have to go that last over,
01:08so, Aris Robb doesn't want to go for 14-15, that's what Barbara is thinking, Aris Robb can
01:17just go for maybe 10-12, and that leads enough for Nawaz, this is the contest, just a single,
01:29it's 20-2 in the Asia Cup, and Aris Robb bowled the 19th, and I think Pandya got 14 of
01:36that,
01:37leaving just 6 for Nawaz to bowl the last over, so Aris Robb's job here is very clear, Vazid,
01:43leaving enough for Nawaz, leaving enough for Nawaz, 100 partnership of 75, they have come
01:52back into the game, but there's still a lot to do, this is, this is, Hardik will be calmed
02:03a little bit, I didn't think you'd say that with him and Virat betting, this is brilliant
02:08from Aris, that one, banged into the pitch, he's gone for that delivery more often than
02:15not, because of the surface, because of the way Hardik plays, he's attacked in that way,
02:21how many from the last over does he leave, he's got to leave, he's got to leave if he can,
02:27if he can, he's got to leave 18, I believe 18, there you go, we've seen a 20 over a
02:32couple
02:32of times, 29 still, Harry's up on him, no timing at all, is Virat going to go for 2,
02:41no, Virat says I'll take the strike, this is outstanding from Harry Stroud so far, 28 of
02:478, for me, Harsha, Hardik Panya's trying to hit that short length too far in front of the
02:54ground, I would be surprised if Farrak how he uses that pace in a different fashion, pretty
02:59hard to combat that flat betting down the ground, there's a third man down there, he's so fine
03:07for the uppercut, the fine leg is inside the circle, they're looking for power,
03:14Koli goes down the ground, Koli goes out of the ground, wow, this is a sensational hit
03:21from Virat Koli, 68 of 49, he's turning it on, this is Virat Koli, he took for a run,
03:28he's come back in some style, what a shot this is, it's a slow one into the pitch and he's
03:36just stood tall on top of the bounce and he's hit it big with almost a straight back, India
03:44needed this, they need another one, but this is quality, what a big delivery in the context
03:50of the game, you talk about 240 balls, this is so big, now third man is coming up, fine
03:57leg is dropped back, what are you putting, Kasi, come on, I want to keep Karnak Panya on
04:05destroying Pakistan, whatever happens here, Koli goes over, fine leg, he might have cleared
04:13the boundary, he has, what a way to end that on his rope over, that was looking so good,
04:18two sixes, India now they hit 16, hope springs anew, what a game we've got, 144 for 416 to get.
04:31Yeah, this is the man from Virat Koli, last couple of deliveries, this time, just a flick,
04:37there for Paul, come on, glass of the man, defaulting back, into the stands, he knows those
04:44two deliveries have brought India back, they needed it, it's still not done, but India are
04:50back, 130 in the partnership now from 79, Smithy was at 18 at 16, Smithy on the last
04:59over, that was, that second dance delivery will look long in my mind, that shot is nigh
05:05impossible for a Norman human being, to hit that lead, back down over the bowler's head,
05:11on a very long boundary for six, was quite astonishing, that forced the error of length in the last
05:17delivery, and I always knew that he'd use the pace to his advantage, down the ground,
05:22down past fine leg, this guy is a genius, he might not win it, but he's a genius.
05:28He just loved the pressure, there's some people who get void by pressure, there's some people
05:32who get burdened by, I think, holding it void under pressure.
05:37Incredible.
05:39At last, it's important, I mean, I don't really talk about the one down the ground, you don't
05:44always see Virat clear this one over fine leg.
06:01The 16th you get, left down spin.
06:05I think we'll fancy himself, really, with spin on.
06:11There's so much discussion, so much pressure riding on the first couple of deliveries.
06:17And look where Mohamed Rizman is standing, this spin.
06:21The keeper's four to five metres back.
06:25Why would that be so spinny?
06:26They do not want to steal one, they do not want to come work it fine, they want to keep
06:31hard at Kanya on strike.
06:33That is what they've been talking about.
06:36I think it's a fabulous player of spin, but he's struggling a bit today, 40 of 36.
06:41Right, here we go, 16 to get from six balls, 90,000 people at the MCG.
06:46God knows how many millions around the world, and what a spectacle you've had so far.
06:51Cover is long and deep, long on and long off, right behind the border.
06:55So is a very straight mid-wicket.
06:57Here's the first ball.
06:58It's a miss hit, it's a miss hit.
07:03The catch is taken.
07:05It means the new batsman's strike.
07:07We're not going, he thinks he's crossed over, it doesn't matter.
07:10This is a huge ball.
07:12Mohamed Nawaz has delivered.
07:15They wanted to go next side, swung through.
07:19Maybe trying to hit it too hard, but it doesn't matter.
07:22Nobody cares, really.
07:23Because it's just going in the air.
07:27Not trying to spin it in.
07:29Nawaz.
07:31Yes, Barber keeps coming.
07:33Takes the catch.
07:33It's a tot ball.
07:35You've asked for an all-strike.
07:36Pakistan now.
07:38With the ascendancy.
07:40Are they for 40?
07:41It's 144 for 5.
07:49He's 37 years old in Eshkarting.
07:52He's had a wonderful day as a wicketkeeper.
07:55But these are the situations that you dream of.
07:58Sometimes people think you're 37 years old, you should be watching other people play.
08:03But his perseverance, his determination, he's worked hard.
08:06And now he's coming to a situation, it's very cold out in the middle.
08:10But he's got to turn the heat on and get 16 of 5.
08:14Well, does he?
08:15Does he harsher?
08:16What have they talked about?
08:17What have they talked about?
08:19What has Coley said to him?
08:20Give it to me.
08:21Just give one.
08:22Give it to me.
08:22I can win this the way I'm heading it.
08:24Or does he say, be bold, be brave, you go.
08:29I think he says, be bold.
08:31Karthik is in the size to do that.
08:33He takes a single.
08:34Then it's only 15 of 4.
08:37Then you need 4 boundaries.
08:39This is a fabulous result for Pakistan, this first ball.
08:42And remember, you cannot cross over anymore.
08:44The new batsman is in.
08:45What does Karthik do?
08:46He plays the sweep shot very well.
08:50Not much power.
08:51He had made up his mind early on.
08:53It's a wonderful start for Pakistan.
08:55Coley wants a no ball.
08:57He's going for height.
09:00All right, the rest was having nothing over.
09:05Okay, he'll signal that DK was halfway down the track.
09:09So, no no ball.
09:114 deliveries, 15 to get now.
09:14Virat on strike.
09:14Virat has been the one who's been hitting the boundaries.
09:17Not being Hardik, it's been Virat.
09:19Virat is the right man in terms, especially for India, on strike right now.
09:26But he needs two sixes.
09:29The boundary of the fours won't do now.
09:31He needs two sixes.
09:32What's the field now run?
09:33Long or straight.
09:34Long or straight.
09:36Shadab is in the middle of it all.
09:37That deep mid wicket, very straight.
09:39Cover very straight.
09:41The bigots down the ground are all covered.
09:4515 of four.
09:47Koly goes down the ground.
09:49He'll only get a single.
09:50Is Karthik going to come running back?
09:51They need Virat Kohli in strike.
09:54Karthik dives.
09:55Is he 37 for real?
09:57Completes the second.
09:58But now it's 13 of threes.
10:03Yeah, just getting to that moment now.
10:05They need sixes.
10:07This ball has to go to the bench.
10:12Pakistan almost see that line.
10:15The end is near.
10:16Don't ball and no ball, they're telling Nawaz.
10:19Don't ball away.
10:20Look where the wicketkeeper is.
10:21Straight back.
10:25They don't want any buys.
10:30Oh, has he got the timing right?
10:33Has he got the timing right?
10:34Oh, it's gone for six.
10:37Now he's asking for a height.
10:40How high was that ball?
10:42They've got the six of the over.
10:44And now it's down to seven from two.
10:47Virat Kohli wanted the strike.
10:49He got the strike.
10:50Unprecedented teams here at the Melbourne Brigade Guard.
10:53It's been called a no ball.
10:56It's a no ball in the six.
11:01We've seen everything.
11:03Everything tonight.
11:07Then there's a huge discussion going on.
11:11How are you not happy?
11:12Well, Tucker's under siege here.
11:14And Murray Erasmus has gone over to give us some help here.
11:22Well, the square leg umpire has to make the ball.
11:26The square leg umpire is Murray Erasmus.
11:28These are very, very emotional scenes here.
11:32Barbara is not happy at all.
11:34But Murray Erasmus has his great ability to calm things down.
11:42They need six of three now.
11:44Is there another twist in this game?
11:45It's India.
11:46That's the moment.
11:51What's that about West High?
11:53How's it?
11:54Now for us, it's six of three now.
11:56Six of three.
11:58And how the defender swings towards India again.
12:03Virat demanded the no ball straight away.
12:11He wanted to do it of the earlier ball too.
12:13He then started getting the non-striker.
12:15Then he's waiting.
12:16Now, Virat, the game is in your grasp.
12:19Nawaz has three balls to go.
12:24Six to get.
12:25What's Virat going to do here?
12:27That's why five to get now.
12:29The pressure is on the bowler.
12:30Who would have believed that this game would have had sensation and a twist as this one?
12:35This match was gone.
12:36It was in Pakistan's pocket.
12:38Virat pulled it.
12:40He's pulling it out at the moment.
12:41But there's still five to get.
12:43And instead of three hits.
12:47And Virat, well, he holds all the aces right now.
12:51He's been brilliant.
12:52Five of three now.
12:56Does he believe?
12:57Does Pakistan believe?
13:00He's knocked him over, but they'll take the run.
13:02It's running our way down.
13:03But surely, if it's hit the ball, if it hits the stumps, they're coming back for three.
13:12They get three of it.
13:15It was a three hit, remember.
13:17It was a three hit.
13:21Yeah, I'm inquiring now.
13:23Riguan doesn't like it.
13:24He thinks it's hit the stumps, so the ball should be dead.
13:30But it was a three hit.
13:36But they've run three.
13:41Smitty, what's it like down there?
13:43It's crazy.
13:43Oh, I mean, there's grown men.
13:47Some are crying.
13:48Some are puzzled.
13:49Some are jubilant.
13:51Robbie Shastri is standing right next to me.
13:53I don't think he's seen anything like this.
13:5690,000.
13:5790,000.
13:58You think it's fairly for money?
14:01Three fires.
14:03And suddenly, Pakistan is saying, I'm defeated.
14:07Cleared it up.
14:08The ball ricocheted.
14:09And Virat kept running.
14:11So it's a TK.
14:13And he came back for the third.
14:17Calm down, Virat is saying.
14:19Calm down, he says.
14:20It's not always that he says, calm down.
14:22But it's two of two.
14:24What does Dinesh Kartik do here?
14:26Virat called his off-strike for Pakistan.
14:29But he's off-strike with just two to get off two.
14:31It was that no ball for height eventually.
14:35Why?
14:36How are they going to play it?
14:37Does he tell Dinesh Kartik, go for it?
14:39What if he misses?
14:40Does he say, take a single, let's level the score, then give it back to me?
14:44Well, what's happened here is Rizwan has now come up for the stumps.
14:48Because they need to get Kartik out.
14:51They need to get him out.
14:53And that brings a new player out that totally can't get back on strike.
14:56But that's why he's come up to the stumps for a genuine dismissal.
15:00The medium pace has not worked.
15:02It hasn't been accurate enough.
15:05Trust the keeper to spot what the keeper is doing here.
15:08Virat is hard to get the single.
15:10Would that be his first goal?
15:12Because Smitty is absolutely spot on.
15:14A wicket here and the new batsman comes in with Pakistan still having a run in the bank.
15:21Okay, what have you got?
15:22The big field, the big field is spread out.
15:26Three on the onside.
15:28There's still only four inside the circle.
15:31This game is still alive but only just.
15:37All eyes on Dinesh Kartik.
15:38All eyes on Muhammad Nawaz.
15:40What are you doing here?
15:45No, is that a stumping?
15:46Is that a stumping?
15:48What a twist.
15:49Are we seeing a cricket match or what?
15:51Dinesh Kartik's got all backs with you.
15:53You are spot on.
15:54I'm not going to be there.
15:55Copy umpire review for stumping.
15:58TV umpire to director.
16:00We have an umpire review for stumping.
16:01Front foot checked.
16:03It's a fair delivery.
16:04We can move on to front on SpinVision, please.
16:14That was the moment for Dinesh Kartik but it wasn't to be.
16:17Rizwan has been fantastic behind us.
16:19Waiting for SpinVision.
16:26Keep that rolling through, please.
16:46I'm ready with my decision for the big screen.
17:00I'm ready with my decision for the big screen.
17:01So, here we see.
17:07Now Ravi and Ashwin comes in.
17:10A single daze Vazid
17:13We are going to stay in our way.
17:17What does Ashwin do though?
17:21Try andangi, does he just cry and take the one?
17:25he does he
17:26that's what happens
17:27he can try and get a boundary
17:28that's what happens
17:29if you put smithy down there
17:30you mentioned the super order
17:32a little while back
17:33Pakistan can't have fielders
17:35on the boundary
17:36they've got to have them
17:37on the boundary
17:38they can't let them run through
17:40because they'll try
17:41they will try
17:42if they get the chance
17:43they've got to be
17:44hunting in closer
17:45over the top Soviet
17:47he's pulled it back
17:48he has pulled it back
17:49Nawaz
17:50it's a wide Nawaz
17:51what have you done Nawaz
17:53and the scores are level
17:55with a goal
17:57for Pakistan now
17:58it's got to be a super goal
18:00where they have to win it
18:01and that was very very clever
18:02from Rami Chambra
18:04not very quickly
18:05realized
18:05the ball was outside
18:06the next time
18:07he didn't pack away
18:09he stayed where he was
18:10Nawaz
18:11fought and he'd pack away
18:13and he tried to follow him
18:15I mean he had just been won
18:18this game
18:19just keeps killing
18:20and killing
18:21his spin
18:23stupendousness
18:23last over
18:26right
18:26everybody's inside
18:28everybody's inside
18:29to cut the single
18:30now what they've got
18:31to ensure is
18:32look for the run out
18:33opportunity
18:34at the non-strikers
18:35end with Ashwin
18:36running there
18:37goal he will run
18:39Nawaz
18:39are you watching
18:40where Virat is
18:40inside the crease
18:42as you run into goal
18:43the scores are level
18:44one run to get
18:44there's still a couple
18:46of people out in the deep
18:50what a game we've had
18:51Nawaz
18:52what have you got
18:53Nawaz
18:54Ashwin
18:54Godola
18:55clear off the infield
18:58India win a famous win
19:00you look at all the great
19:02wins over the years
19:04and I think you'll find
19:05very very few to compare
19:07with this one
19:07this game was gone
19:09Virat Kohli
19:10pulling it back
19:11what a champion
19:13what an absolute champion
19:15Virat Kohli is
19:16and now Ravi Kablin
19:18Ashwin
19:18keeps his cool
19:19reduces the wide
19:21then goes over
19:23this must be hard
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