South Africa vs India 2018: 5 takeaways from the first ODI

#1 Virat Kohli is on a different level

The Master of Run Chases

Virat Kohli is easily the best batsman of the current generation. Be it the longest format of the game or the shorter formats, captain Kohli is scoring runs all over the world. Such is the determination of the player that even after limping in and out of the ground after injuring himself while fielding, he scored a match-winning 112 runs that just took the game away from the opposition.

Not only this, the fact that most of the runs came by running between the wickets shows that nothing is above the game for this man. He was constantly rotating the strike with Rahane and even though he got out on a loose shot in the later stage of the innings, he had already done his work by then. This innings will rank as one of the best by the Indian captain, who seems to be batting on a whole different level, way above all his contemporaries.