5 underrated knocks of Virat Kohli in ODIs

4) 54 against South Africa at Durban in 2011

Virat Kohli scored 54 in the first ODI at Durban

India kicked off their ODI series in South Africa in 2011 with a humiliating defeat of 135 runs and everyone panned the dismal show of the Indian batting line-up.

But amidst the abysmal performance of the Indian batting, Virat Kohli top-scored for the Indians with a well compiled 54 off 70 balls. However, he failed to lead India to the target of 290 that day as wickets around him tumbled one after the other.

But Kohli surely showed a lot of character that day as he countered the threats of the formidable South African bowling attack on a track which aided them to the core.

But due to India’s loss and the failures of the other batsmen, his knock remains a tad underrated.