It was Day 2 session three of the third Test between India and New Zealand at Indore and the hosts were in a commanding position at 466/4. Rohit Sharma drove Mitchell Santner through the covers in the last delivery of the 149th over and the cameras caught a man in the crowd, wearing a blue cap and wayfarers.
Sanjay Manjrekar, who was at the commentary box perhaps also mistook the lookalike to be Kohli and started off by saying, “It’s really great to see him go to the stand immediately after the double hundred to meet the fans. You’ve got to appreciate this. You know what. This is what makes him special.”
His co-commentator Ravi Shastri chose to hold back his words for a while and when he found it wasn’t the Indian skipper, he broke out in laughter saying, “Look at the selfies. They all think that it is Virat Kohli.”
