Published 19:59 IST, January 7th 2020

Virat Kohli emulates Harbhajan Singh's bowling action moments before the 2nd T20I

Indian skipper Virat Kohli emulated Harbhajan Singh's bowling action ahead of the 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Tuesday

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Virat Kohli's luck with toss continued as coin once again landed in his favour during 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka at Holkar Stium in Indore as he once again elected to bowl first just like previous game. However, what stood out was that of Indian skipper entertaining one and all with his comical gesture.

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Virat Kohli imitates Harbhajan Singh

This h happened moments before 2nd T20I i.e. even before toss h happened. Kohli h bowled similarly like Harbhajan Singh and n put his hand on he. hand on he gesture might be in reference to Bhajji doing same during his playing days when he was hit by batsmen after having bowled a poor delivery. 

After imitating veteran offie, Kohli was seen having a hearty laugh over it before he went and hugged Bhajji himself and Irfan Pathan, who h anunced his retirement from game recently. Both Harbhajan and Pathan were out in middle as a part of ir match analysis. video was posted on social media as well. Take a look.

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Who will draw first blood?

Both teams will be er to get off to a winning start in second T20I after previous match was abandoned due to rain in Assam without a ball being bowled. Men In Blue will be hoping to register a hat-trick of T20I series win after having got better of Banglesh and West Indies. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will be high on confidence after having whitewashed Pakistan, who are top-ranked side in game's shortest format. 

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Indian limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been rested for ongoing series while skipper Virat Kohli will look to d some precious runs under his belt as India start ir preparations for ICC World T20 which is scheduled to be held in Australia later this year.

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19:59 IST, January 7th 2020