Twitter in awe as Virat Kohli plunders another ODI century against Australia
The bearded beast accomplished the milestone in 108 balls.
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After their loss against Australia in the first ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), India were faced with a do-or-die situation going into the second encounter at the Adelaide Oval. Virat Kohli, being the skipper, had a massive task ahead of him, both as a batsman and as a captain. In the last match, he could only score three runs from eight deliveries and got out to fast bowler Jhye Richardson.
However, he didn’t let the pressure unnerve him by any stretch of the imagination and racked up his 39th ODI century. Yet another time, the Aussies, led by Aaron Finch, put up a significant score of 298 on the board. But like last time, the visitors didn’t lose wickets in clumps early on and got off to a decent start. Kohli came to bat after seamer Jason Behrendroff accounted for Shikhar Dhawan’s wicket.
Kohli weaves his magic
The Delhi-born cricketer is known for pacing his innings to perfection and the attribute is one of the reasons why he has tasted a significant amount of success, especially during run-chases. He accomplished his half-century in just 66 balls and also added 54 runs with opening batsman Rohit Sharma, who scored 133 in the previous match. Even after Sharma’s dismissal, the 30-year-old Virat didn’t lose his cool.
He kept milking the bowling and didn’t let the required rate jump at an alarming rate. The right-hander then put on 59 runs with Ambati Rayudu, who got out after scoring 24 runs. MS Dhoni, the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman joined Kohli in the middle and he turned out to be an appropriate foil for Virat. In the 38th over from fast bowler Marcus Stoinis, Virat entered into the nervous 90s.
Thereafter, Kohli dealt in singles for a brief while and didn’t play any rash strokes, which could’ve led to his demise. In the first ball of the 43rd over from seamer Peter Siddle, Kohli turned the ball on the leg side and raised his bat in jubilation. He had a few lucky breaks in the 90s, but he rode his luck to the milestone. He also became the first Indian captain to rack up an ODI century on Australian soil.
Here is how Twitter praised Virat
🐐 #Virat
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 15, 2019
Kohli can’t do it alone….or may be, he can 🙌🙏 #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 15, 2019
Chase Master is at it again…. #Kohli #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 15, 2019
Tune in ASAP … @imVkohli is in the March … #AUSvIND @FoxCricket
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 15, 2019
Most overseas centuries in ODIs:
29 – Sachin Tendulkar
22 – VIRAT KOHLI*
21 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara #AUSvIND— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 15, 2019
— vennela kishore (@vennelakishore) January 15, 2019
Incredible. Virat Kohli posts his 39th(😲) ODI hundred and his 24th(😲) in run chases…
This one coming from 108 balls: https://t.co/3fNQjC4Hmh #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Q5ogKtwf7C
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 15, 2019
ODI hundred #39 for Virat Kohli. Stand up and salute this champion. #ViratKohli #KingKohli
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) January 15, 2019
A remarkable 5 hundreds in 11 innings for @imVkohli at the Adelaide oval pic.twitter.com/B99EswTSWT
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) January 15, 2019
Most intl hundreds (all formats) by visiting batsmen to Aus:
11 – Virat Kohli
9 – David Gower
9 – Jack Hobbs
8 – Brian Lara
7 – Wally Hammond, Viv Richards, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar#AUSvIND— Adam Burnett (@AdamBurnett09) January 15, 2019
What more can one say about @imVkohli? Yet another century in a run chase. Peerless
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 15, 2019
This man is a machine!
Another 💯 for @imVkohli!
Take a bow, captain!#AUSvIND #FightOfMight— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) January 15, 2019
Virat Kohli scores century so that no one could criticize him for posting pictures with Anushka. What a selfish man. Huh!
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) January 15, 2019
Congratulations Virat Kohli on the 1st of your 10 ODI Centuries in 2019.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) January 15, 2019
Whatttaaa Knockkk #ViratKohli 😄😄😄😄🙏🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/toWEBWeSza
— vennela kishore (@vennelakishore) January 15, 2019
Success mantra for so many centuries. Coffee at home and NOT Koffee with Karan. 😂 https://t.co/GaYmzA8Q26
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) January 15, 2019
ODI 100s by visiting captains at Adelaide:
156 – BC Lara WI v Pak 2005
107 – WTS Porterfield Ire v Pak 2015
102* – V Kohli Ind v Aus 2019#AusvInd— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) January 15, 2019
@imVkohli numbers are ridiculous… thank god he is play8ng now that we all could watch him! I hate mediocrity… and Virat is the complete opposite to that! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://t.co/neL7Eap2OH
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) January 15, 2019
Most 100s in international cricket
100 Sachin Tendulkar (in 782 innings)
71 Ricky Ponting (668)
64 VIRAT KOHLI (401)
63 Kumar Sangakkara (666)#AUSvIND— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) January 15, 2019
King Kohli. Congratulations.
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) January 15, 2019
Virat Kohli – 39 hundreds in 218 ODIs.
Australia’s top seven – 20 hundreds in 302 ODIs.#AusvInd
— Patrick Noone (@PatrickNoone08) January 15, 2019
Another great 100 from the legend @imVkohli
One of the all time great players – congrats https://t.co/ncKK4FvCCz— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) January 15, 2019
Just the 9 Tons in his last 19 ODI innings for #Virat … !!!! #🐐
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 15, 2019
This Virat bloke is not bad. 9 hundreds in 19 ODIs. Wow!!!!
— Nathan McCullum (@MccullumNathan) January 15, 2019
Kohli goes. Over to Dhoni. #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 15, 2019
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