Pant was also surprised to see Virat Kohli's shotImage Credit source: PTI

India vs South Africa ODI: Former Team India captain Virat Kohli is ready to show the magic of his bat once again. Kohli has now returned again after about a month of playing the ODI series on Australia tour. The first match of the ODI series between India and South Africa will be played in Ranchi from Sunday 30th November and the fans will hope that they will get to see the old style of King Kohli. It seems that Kohli is also ready for this and he has shown such a glimpse of it that even Team India's explosive batsman Rishabh Pant was surprised.

Team India's practice session before Sunday's match at Ranchi's JSCA Stadium. Virat Kohli Sweated a lot. For Virat Kohli, who was returning to cricket action after more than a month, strong preparation was also necessary to perform well in the series and Kohli left no stone unturned in this. Looking at the rhythm in which Kohli was seen while practicing in the nets, it was difficult to say that he was returning after so much time.

Pant kept watching Kohli's shot

In the nets practice, Kohli hit some amazing shots and one of them was such that even Rishabh Pant, who is a great batsman and hits big shots, was shocked. BCCI posted a video of Team India's practice a day before the match, in which all this was seen. In this, Kohli moved forward on a ball from the throw-down specialist and played a high shot towards long on. As soon as he saw this shot, Pant said - "Father, that was a good ball. You hit a strong shot."

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Will Ro-Ko shine again?

Apart from Virat, former captain Rohit Sharma was also seen practicing in this video. After joining Team India again, both of them not only spent a lot of time in practice but were also seen having a lot of fun with the rest of the team. Now Team India and the fans will have only one wish that these two star batsmen should once again make a big partnership and score a strong score like in the ODI match played in Sydney.