'Fatigued' Kohli holds chest & gasps for breath while batting; fans ask 'are you okay?'

Team India clinched victory by 71 runs against Zimbabwe in Super 12 st of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to qualify for semi-finals as Group 2 winners. During match, fans witnessed a surprising moment, which featured Indian cricket stalwart Virat Kohli. While batting in first innings of match at iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Kohli was seen panting and struggling to catch his breath. 

Kohli is kwn worldwide for his fitness standards and is possibly fittest cricketer in world. While fans have hardly seen Kohli struggle physically when batting, a video clip of cricketer from Sunday’s game is currently going viral on social media. In video, Kohli runs for three runs before looking down toward pitch to catch his breath and even holds his chest.

Kohli struggles after intense running between wickets, fans suggest 'take some break'

Concerned fans shed ir thoughts on incident, with some urging Team India batting talisman to go for a health check-up, while ors inquiring if he is okay. 

incident took place in seventh over of first innings when Kohli was batting alongside KL Rahul. Kohli whipped first ball of seventh over against turn to score a boundary. However, batters h alrey ran for two runs as fielder was placed near boundary.

In next ball, Kohli hit ball in same area to d ar couple of runs to India’s tally. It seems like intense running got better of Kohli, who took a while to catch his breath before resuming his innings. Meanwhile, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar explained events while commentating on match. 

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"He is such a quick runner between wicket. Always looking for extra run. You could see that moment he played it, he knew where fielder was, knew power that he h. And so, second was always going to be on. Just giving himself a little bit of a brear," Gavaskar said while on air.

Meanwhile, Kohli’s innings came to an end in 12th over of match on individual score of 26 runs in 25 balls. KL went on to score 51 off 35, while Suryakumar Yav played a sensational kck of 61 runs in 25 balls to help India score 186/5 in first innings. Zimbabwe was n bowled out on 115 runs in second innings as India claimed top spot in Group 2 standings.