Twitter Reactions: Vijay, Kohli score century as India gain upper-hand

India continued their domination in the Test series against England and finished Day 3 of the 4th Test in Mumbai in a commanding position. Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay struck terrific centuries as India looked in complete control of the proceedings and finished the day with the score of 451/7 with Kohli batting on 147 and Jayant Yadav unbeaten on 30.

Beginning the day at 146/1, India lost Cheteshwar Pujara in the very first over to Jake Ball as he breached through the defense of the Saurashtra batsman without any addition to the overnight total. Kohli joined Vijay in the middle and the pair batted sensibly and didn’t look under any sort of pressure. They played the pacers with utmost comfort and apart from few misses and error of judgments here and there, the pair was hardly troubled by the English bowlers.

After scoring his century, Vijay looked a little complacent and survived quite a few close shaves but carried on for some time before eventually getting dismissed on 136. The stylish right-hander struck 10 fours and 3 sixes during his scintillating innings. With the fall of his wicket, India suffered a mid-innings collapse as they lost Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin in quick succession to help the visitors claw their way back into the match.

Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, captain Virat Kohli kept going and took on the English bowlers during the latter part of the day. He found an able partner in the form of Jayant Yadav and the duo batted out the stipulated overs in the day to put India in a position of strength. With an overall lead of 51 runs, India would look to add 100 more runs on Day 4 morning before putting the visitors in.

Twitteratti were pretty active throughout the day’s play and certain tweets described the match scenario in the best possible way. Here are some of the best tweets.

For the first time in his Test career, Virat Kohli's average goes past 50. #INDvENG #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/5ubUHyiTUE

— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) December 10, 2016

Cook now asking for reviews we don't have. Just about sums up his dreadful captaincy. #INDvENG

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2016

Bairstow sledges Jayant Yadav about the edge and Kohli says "Bol De Bol De"

— Clive (@vanillawallah) December 10, 2016

Most runs by an Indian captain in a calendar year in Tests
Kohli 1096* in 2016
Dravid 1095 in 2006
Tendulkar 1000 in 1997#INDvENG

— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) December 10, 2016

Alastair Cook's captaincy #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/u7dEpVwNhw

— Sean B (@SeanBcricket) December 10, 2016

The thing about Virat Kohli hundreds is that they seem by products of his main mission of winning matches for India.#Viratkohli

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 10, 2016

Does Alastair Cook thinks if one of his bowlers faint due to exhaustion he gets a review back? Rashid is spent.

— Aayush (@slicesofIife) December 10, 2016

Vijay missed on 45 (cost 91); Kohli missed on 68 (cost 79*); Jayant missed on 8 (cost 22*) = 192 runs and counting #INDvENG

— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) December 10, 2016

Take a bow , Virat Kohli. The hunger is just unbelievable.Avg of over 50 in all formats now.Eng should struggle to save this one.#IndvsEng

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 10, 2016

Wankhede – KP & Cook on day2&3 in 2012 – Vijay& Kohli on day2&3 in 2016. Part revenge avenged!

— Minal (@Granger_Gab) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli's top scores in 2016 –

211
200
167
147* #INDvEng pic.twitter.com/yEIaqAbZ43

— The Art of Leaving (@TheYorkerBall) December 10, 2016

Virat Kohli Current Batting average:

Tests: 50.07*
T20I: 57.13
ODI's: 52.93

Only Batsman to record 50+ average in all three formats!

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 10, 2016

One more wonderful knock by @imVkohli ?Gr8 display of adaptability,maturity,responsibility& it was indeed a class act from a special player?

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 10, 2016

Youngest Indian captain to score 2,000 runs in Tests
Sachin Tendulkar 26
MAK Pataudi 28
Virat Kohli 28#INDvENG

— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) December 10, 2016

England's fielders shake Kohli's hand as he walks off with 147* to his name – an innings for the ages, and it's put India in control.

— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) December 10, 2016

Another Indian pitch that, like some of us, isn't as bad as it looks!!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 10, 2016

Alastair Cook at the moment #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/gaUPB20trC

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) December 10, 2016

He doesn't have a Test average of 50 they said. So take it; King Virat Kohli now averages over 50 in all 3 formats:)#INDvENG #IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/8S8fCOKc6n

— Chinmay Jawalekar? (@CricfreakTweets) December 10, 2016

Sometimes you have to accept that you come up against someone too good..That was the case today for England .@imVkohli is a Genius .. #Fact

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 10, 2016