{"id":9916,"date":"2025-12-06T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668281"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:54:09","slug":"watch-ind-vs-sa-3rd-odi-virat-kohli-hilariously-mimics-temba-bavumas-walk-after-taking-catch-to-dismiss-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/watch-ind-vs-sa-3rd-odi-virat-kohli-hilariously-mimics-temba-bavumas-walk-after-taking-catch-to-dismiss-him\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] IND vs SA, 3rd ODI: Virat Kohli hilariously mimics Temba Bavuma\u2019s walk after taking catch to dismiss him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"464\">India finally got the breakthrough they were searching for in Visakhapatnam as Ravindra Jadeja dismissed South African captain Temba Bavuma for 48. But it wasn\u2019t the wicket alone that grabbed attention \u2014 it was <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"428\">Virat Kohli\u2019s playful celebration<\/strong> that instantly lit up social media.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"725\">Bavuma, who once again fell in the 40s after scoring 46 in the previous ODI, attempted an uppish drive to Jadeja\u2019s teasing wide delivery. The ball sliced off the outside half and went straight to backward point, where Kohli completed a neat reverse-cup catch.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virat Kohli imitating Lord Bavuma's Walk after taking his Catch \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rqeXpAjdBv\">pic.twitter.com\/rqeXpAjdBv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Notout254* (@shivamm__18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shivamm__18\/status\/1997241038625509630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never change, Virat \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGh1d49ZH7\">pic.twitter.com\/qGh1d49ZH7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucknowIPL\/status\/1997239921191625159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"1021\">Moments after taking the catch, Kohli turned entertainer \u2014 <strong data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"823\">mimicking Bavuma\u2019s signature walk<\/strong>, drawing laughs from teammates and fans alike. Cameras caught him reproducing the South African captain\u2019s distinct strut, adding a light-hearted touch to an otherwise high-pressure match situation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1215\">This wicket also marked <strong data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1085\">Jadeja\u2019s first scalp of the series<\/strong>, breaking a dangerous partnership and giving India a much-needed opening as South Africa built momentum through the middle overs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1337\">At the time of Bavuma\u2019s dismissal, SA were <strong data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1283\">114\/2 in 20.6 overs<\/strong>, with Quinton de Kock looking solid at the other end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India finally got the breakthrough they were searching for in Visakhapatnam as Ravindra Jadeja dismissed South African captain Temba Bavuma\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}