Virat Kohli vs Marco Jansen Chapter 1: A little known first meeting between a legend and a net bowler at the Wanderers

Updated on 30 Nov 2025 | Category: Sports

Net bowlers Marco Jansen and his brother Duan had bowled in the nets to Virat Kohli in January 2018 during India's series in South Africa; Kohli would say 'well bowled', the brothers got a picture with the then India captain

But South Africa’s ‘find of the 2025 series’ had presented his calling to the Indians, Virat Kohli specifically, six years back as a 17-year-old net bowler. How times change? Marco, the pacer on an ascendency, fresh from bothering the Indians with hi...