Life size cut-out of Virat Kohli installed outside Greenfield Stadium ahead of IND vs SA 1st T20I- See pic

After defeating Australia in a tense three-match T20I series by 2-1, even after losing the first game, India will now take on South Africa in another three-match series. The series will kick off on September 28 (Wednesday) at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Heading into the series, all eyes will be on Virat Kohli who has recently rediscovered his form. In fact he is coming on the back of a sensational half-century against Australia in the final game of the series that helped the Men in Blue maintain their bilateral series winning record under Rohit Sharma in T20Is. In fact, the whole country is overjoyed at his return to form.

The fans in Kerala are known for their passionate displays of support for their favourite stars, and recently they have made one such gesture for Virat Kohli as well ahead of the first T20I. The All Kerala Virat Kohli Fans (AKVKF), an fan club of the ex-Indian captain installed a life-sized cut-out of Kohli outside the Greenfield stadium.

Virat Kohli was going through quite a rough patch of form before taking a six-week break from the national team after the tour to England. After that he made a sensational return to the Indian team at the Asia Cup 2022. Though India had a disappointing campaign, Kohli emerged as the tournament's second highest run getter scoring 276 runs in the tournament, including his much awaited 71st international century against Afghanistan where he smashed 122.

In the third and deciding match of the series against Australia, Kohli scored 63 runs from 48 balls in an innings studded with 3 fours and 4 sixes. He stitched an important 104-run stand with Suryakumar Yadav, after India got off to a pretty poor start losing openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma in the first four overs.