During the high-intensity game against England, India skipper Virat Kohli seemed to have lost his composure as he gave Jos Buttler an ugly send-off on Saturday during the decider at the Narendra Modi stadium. England was going great guns thanks to Buttler’s knock and hence an elated Kohli let out his frustration when Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the prized scalp of Buttler for 52 off 34 balls. Buttler was caught in the deep trying to hit Bhuvneshwar for a six.

After the dismissal, Kohli seemed to say a few words while Buttler was walking off. Realising that Kohli had dragged things a little too far, Buttler turned back and looked to say something to the Indian skipper before the umpires intervened and stopped things from going out of hand.

Here is what happened:

Buttler’s knock comprised of four sixes and two fours. He also stitched a crucial 130-run stand with Dawid Malan after Jason Roy perished without a score.

Earlier in the day, Kohli came good with the bat as he smashed 80 off 52 balls. His whirlwind knock was laced with seven fours and two sixes. Initially, he took his time against the spin of Adil Rashid, but slowly but surely started expanding. Once Rohit perished, Kohli reached top-gear and then put the English bowlers under immense pressure as he powered India to 224 for two in 20 overs.

With 231 runs in the series, Kohli now has the most runs in a bilateral T20I series.

Most runs in a bilateral T20I series (full member teams)
231 VIRAT KOHLI v Eng 2021 (5 inngs)
224 KL Rahul vs NZ 2020 (5)
223 Colin Munro v WI 2018 (3)
222 Hamilton Masakadza v Ban (4)

At the time of filing the copy, India was in the driver’s seat as England still need 65 runs in two overs.