Virat Kohli India vs South Africa: Who would have thought that the Indian team, being the host, would be in a very bad situation. Team India, which is topping the group stage, has faced a tough challenge from South Africa. In the Super-8 match played in Ahmedabad, the South African team batted first and scored 187 runs.

South Africa set a target of 188 runs for Team India. Such a big score has never been chased at Narendra Modi Stadium in international T20 cricket. Well, when Team India came to try its luck, the batsmen started singing the song of coming and going. Within the powerplay itself, the Indian team had lost 3 wickets after scoring 31 runs.

Fans remembered Virat Kohli

Seeing such a bad condition of the Indian team, the fans started remembering Virat Kohli. It was Virat Kohli who played an inning of 76 runs in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup when the team had lost three wickets by reaching only 34 runs. Even the fans have linked Virat Kohli with Abhishek Sharma that he will win the match in difficult situations like Virat. But Abhishek was out after scoring only 15 runs in this match.

A fan wrote on social media that Virat Kohli remained the savior of Team India for a long time, who used to take matches out of difficult situations. While one person laughed and said that Abhishek Sharma is not even 10 percent of Virat Kohli, hence they should not be compared at all.

Another fan wrote that people are comparing Abhishek Sharma with Virat Kohli. This person said that this boy (Abhishek Sharma) is not able to hit the ball properly. There was a Virat who used to win matches single-handedly.

People compared Abhishek Sharma to Virat Kohli boy this boy isn’t even hitting properly, just mindless batting and no situational and game awareness. Virat used to rescue, and chase such targets single handedly.

— Ani (@annakacarrom) February 22, 2026

Comparing #AbhishekSharma with virat kohli is actually hilarious

He is not even 10% close to Virat Kohli

— Humble heart x (@Narenoffl__) February 22, 2026

#INDvsSA
Is anyone missing virat kohli in this situation @imVkohli especially in run chase.#T20WorldCup2026 #T20WorldCup @BCCI @RCBTweets

— Prasant Palai (@palai_prasant) February 22, 2026

Tbh, I feel very happy to see India in this kind of position.
the fact that Virat Kohli had been a savior for the country from the past many years in the T20 World Cup especially the Batters have never performed never it was Virat Kohli single-handedly who should take the team…

— Ankit Poddar (@itsankitpoddar) February 22, 2026