Twitter Reaction: Virat Kohli scores 15th Test hundred as India take lead

Indian Test captain Virat Kohli continued his dream run in international cricket in 2016 and smashed his 15th Test hundred against England in the 4th Test in Mumbai on Saturday. Kohli who loves leading from the front again showed the way with his brilliant century and he will look to add few more runs to the team total to ensure India get a reasonable first innings lead.

Beginning the day at 146/1, India lost Cheteshwar Pujara in the very first over to Jake Ball as the tall fast bowler brought one back in and Pujara who decided to shoulder arms picked the wrong ball and it kissed the top of his off stump. Kohli who joined Vijay in the middle started on a positive note and both the batsmen tried ticking along the scorecard.

He survived a few initial close shaves grew in confidence and started finding the gaps on a regular basis. Along with Vijay he never allowed the English bowlers to dominate them. Kohli knew exactly what he was doing and was ably supported by Vijay.

The pair shared an 116-run partnership for the 3rd wicket but with the fall of Vijay’s wicket, there was a small collapse as far as India was concerned. They lost Vijay, Karun Nair and Ravichandran Ashwin in quick succession to help the visitors claw their way back into the game. Kohli who saw wickets falling from the other end remained calm and went about his business in a professional manner. With a long tail to follow the Indian captain will hope to bat as long as possible and take the Indian score to somewhere around 500.

At the time of publishing this post Team India was well placed at 421/7 with Kohli unbeaten on 136 and Jayant Yadav batting on 11. The stylish right-hander from Delhi has struck 14 fours in his innings so far and would look to add few more before England call the shots on their 1st innings.

As Kohli completed a terrific century, twitteratti was pretty active and certain tweets described the innings in the best possible manner. Here are some of the best tweets:

Most runs for India in series vs England
R Dravid – 602
V Manjrekar – 586
S Gavaskar – 542
BK Kunderan – 525
V Kohli – 516* #INDvENG

— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli's Performance Increased Exponentially After #AAP Formed Govt. In Delhi. #Kohli Is True Player Of Aam Aadmi. #IndvENG #IndVsENG

— Arvind Kejriwal (@TroluKejri) December 10, 2016

Ppl Have Pavilion & Grounds Named After Them,When Virat Kohli Would Retire He'd Have A Country Named After Him Having All His Fans.#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/JENYOxxdtB

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) December 10, 2016

25 times Indian batsmen hv scored over 500 runs in a Test series !!! Gavaskar did it 6 times… Surprisingly, Sachin not even once…

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) December 10, 2016

Income Tax department siezed so many 2000rs notes, if they want change of them please contact Virat Kohli.#IndvsEng

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 10, 2016

Kohli was dropped by Rashid in second Test, he scored a ton.
Kohli was dropped by Rashid in fourth Test, he scores a ton.#INDvENG

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 10, 2016

#IND batsman scoring 500 or more in a series more than twice in their career
Gavaskar 6
G Viswanath 2
M Amarnath 2
Dravid 2
Kohli 2#INDvENG

— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) December 10, 2016

Murali Vijay's hundred was Class, but this man just takes it to another level – Virat 'MasterClass' Kohli ??#IndvEng #No.15

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) December 10, 2016

Normal Players: "Form Is Temporary, Class Is Permanent".
Virat Kohli: "Form & Class Both Are Permanent".#INDvENG #IndVsEng #Virat #Kohli

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli's scores while reaching milestones in Tests:

1000 runs – 34
2000 runs – 141
3000 runs – 200
4000 runs – 104*#INDvENG

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 10, 2016

15th Test Hundred for @imVkohli

2nd in the Series
3rd against England
4th in 2016
6th in India#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/CuPi1UOQeu

— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) December 10, 2016

Stamps his class and authority yet again Virat Kohli. 15th ?in Tests is just another number to be crossed. @BCCI #INDvENG https://t.co/FqbFTcwh4P

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli today completed:

4000 runs in Tests.
1000 runs in this yr in Tests.
500 runs in this Test series.
15th 100 in Tests.#INDvENG

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) December 10, 2016

The new Little Master: @imVkohli #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/Z9KPvkRUwh

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2016

Special player .. virat.kohli is a Genius .. #Mumbai #INDvENG #100 https://t.co/YZw0zIS34j

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 10, 2016

Most Test hundreds by Indian Captains

11 Gavaskar
9 Azharuddin
8 KOHLI#INDvENG

— Vidhu Pal (@vidhu_pal) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli Goes Past Joe Root To Become The Leading Run-scorer For The Year 2016 Across All Formats. 2420* And Still Counting. #INDvENG

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) December 10, 2016

He absorbs pressure,Applies himself,Attacks,Celebrates with aggression & in the process Announces to the world why he is #ViratKohli #Kohli

— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) December 10, 2016

"Kohli Kohli"chant from North Stand after his 100. Undoubtedly the loudest cheer of the day. #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/Fk4gLQMCAb

— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli is delivering more 100's than an ATM machine.#INDvENG

— Chicken Biryanii (@ChickenBiryanii) December 10, 2016

That's up there with the best Test hundreds Kohli has made. As good as the 76 and 65 another Indian No.4 made here 15 years ago. #INDvENG

— Dileep Premachandran (@SpiceBoxofEarth) December 10, 2016

Watching #INDvENG all morning…Cook's captaincy?!?! ?

— KP (@KP24) December 10, 2016