5 times Virat Kohli's heroics went in vain while chasing

77 vs South Africa in Rajkot (India vs South Africa ODI series 2015)

The aura of Virat Kohli was at its peak, and it was taken for granted that if he is in pursuit of any total, the target would be surely breached.

On a sluggish Rajkot surface and in the searing heat, Kohli along with MS Dhoni, two of the greatest ODI players to have played the game had the chase under control all along. But then suddenly they lost the momentum and South Africa strangled them.

Chasing a target of 271, India were well on course at 206/3 in the 44th over, and then out of nowhere Morne Morkel came back and accounted for Virat Kohli followed by Ajinkya Rahane, and the chase was derailed just like that.

Another instance when everything was hunky dory for Kohli and his dismissal sparked a mini-collapse and India could never get to the target.