47 vs Mumbai Indians in Durban (Champions League T20, 2010)
Young, arrogant, over-aggressive and a growing Virat Kohli was then the new sensation in the cricketing world. Kohli was playing a perfect role of a finisher for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Coming in at number 6, Indian cricket’s new poster-boy combined with Rahul Dravid and brought down the chase to 40 off the last 3 overs and then 13 off the final over. It was Kohli who was facing Zaheer Khan, and he even smashed 2 boundaries and required one final boundary off the last ball. Zaheer with all his expertise and experience decided to bowl a full toss and it came as a low one which deserved to go to the boundary, but Kohli couldn’t find the gap, nor could he keep his shot down and Ambati Rayudu took the catch.
A bread and butter shot, and next to it the image of Kohli sinking down on his haunches and Rahul Dravid trying to console him is one for the ages.
But it was all for a reason, all a part of the learning process and young Virat also knew it.