Twitter Reactions: Virat Kohli lights up Eden Gardens with his 27th Test ton

Virat Kohli returned into the squad for Bangladesh Tests after cherishing a small vacation. However, the first game for the Indian skipper didn’t go well and was dismissed on the second delivery itself. But, in the second game, he returned with a brilliant fifty on the Day 1 of the historic Test that is being played at the Eden Gardens and has converted into a century.

Ahead of the game, the 31-year-old needed only 32 runs to become the fastest skipper to score 5000 runs in Test. However, he achieved that milestone on the first day of the game. He was at his best and was playing all the shots from his cricket dictionary against Bangladesh bowlers. He recorded his 23rd fifty with a boundary against Ebadat Hossain in 76 deliveries.

Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to score a ton in day-night Tests

During the match, an incident happened when Ebadot Hossain was spotted clapping for Virat Kohli after being hit for a boundary on the fourth ball of the 17th over. The Indian captain timed the shot perfectly to leave the Kolkata crowd in his awe with a classic cover drive.

On Day 2, Virat got off to a slow start giving due respect to the Bangladesh bowlers. But soon he started dealing in boundaries. It looked like the change in the ball didn’t affect the game of Virat, who played some traditional cricketing shots that were a treat to watch for any cricket enthusiast. The Indian skipper also stitched a brilliant 99-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane, who was caught by Ebadat Hossain at the backward point off Taijul Islam. Rahane also batted well and scored 51 runs before getting out.

In the 66th over of the innings, Virat Kohli played a brilliant cover drive off Ebadot Hossain and grabbed a boundary that took him to a score of 99. However, in the next over Kohli got his 100th run with a double off Taijul Islam to record the 27th Test ton of his career and 20th as the skipper of Team India. He also became the first Indian to smack a century in pink-ball Test.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Another 💯 what a player 👑 @imVkohli 👏👏👏🇮🇳🙌🙏🙏 #PinkBallTest

— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) November 23, 2019

Wah virat wah #Kohli #INDvBAN #PinkBall pic.twitter.com/dnFi2qkO4H

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) November 23, 2019

Red Ball … White Ball … Now Pink Ball … @imVkohli is the best Batsman across all formats in this era … #100 #INDvBAN

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 23, 2019

First to score hundred for India in

Test: Lala Amarnath (1933/34)
D/N Test: Virat Kohli (2019/20)

ODI: Kapil Dev (1983)
D/N ODI: Sanjay Manjrekar (1991)

T20I: Suresh Raina (2010)
D/N (Night) T20I: Rohit Sharma (2015)

— satish singh (@satish81) November 23, 2019

Indian Batsmen getting runs abroad, Indian seamers taking wickets in India 🇮🇳, pointers of quality cricket, current #TeamIndia ticking these boxes consistently #PinkBallTest #INDvsBAN

— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) November 23, 2019

Most International 💯 as Captain

41 – 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢 (188 Innings)
41 – Ponting (376 Innings)
33 – Graeme Smith (368 innings)#MilestoneMan @imVkohli #INDvBAN #SarileruNeekevvaru @urstrulyMahesh

— Tamilnadu 👌🌟Mahesh babu Fan🙏 (@DhfmPrem) November 23, 2019

Pink ball??😂

Doesn't matter!! 😎❤

Century no. 70😍
27th Test hundred for King Kohli! 💯

What a player… What a captain! 🤘💖@imVkohli #INDvBAN

— 💫Virat's_girl💫 (@srishti143567) November 23, 2019

20th Test century as Captain of India ✅
27th Test century of his career ✅
70th International century ✅
41st international century as captain (joint-most)✅
1st Indian to hit a century in day/night Test ✅#KingKohli pic.twitter.com/q01OKPauOu

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 23, 2019

Just 20 minutes in front of TV and I have seen all the Virat Kohli Drives in an inning. Cover Drive. Straight Drive. Off Drive. On drive. All showing face of the bat. All in the middle of the bat. Master class. #ViratKohli #INDvBAN

— Neel Parikh (@neell27) November 23, 2019

Fewest innings taken to 27 Test 💯's :

70 Don Bradman
141 Sachin Tendulkar
141 Virat Kohli
154 Sunil Gavaskar
157 Matthew Hayden#INDvBAN l #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/g7l0VIKaCu

— Wesley00005 (@Wesley000051) November 23, 2019

1st 4 – Mayank
1st 50 – Pujara
1st 100 – Virat Kohli

— Sudipta Rohitian Bhuvian (@SudiptoRohitian) November 23, 2019

White Ball, Red Ball, Pink Ball.
T20, ODI, Tests.

There's no stopping #Virat_Kohli from making big runs 😎❤

27th Test Hundred ! 70th International Ton.

41st Ton as Captain equalling Ponting's record 😁@imVkohli @BCCI @StarSportsIndia 😎#INDvsBAN #BCCI #ViratKohli

— Preetha Prabhakar (@KP_Preetha07) November 23, 2019

Virat Kohli 🙌🏼🙌🏼🔥🔥

This man ia unmatchable across all format#PinkBallTest #INDvBAN

— Jersey No 93 (Old account suspended) (@Jerseyno93) November 23, 2019

Remember the name @imVkohli
First indian to score century with :
Red Ball:- Lala Amaranth
White Ball:- @therealkapildev
Pink Ball:- The Virat Kohli#PinkBall #INDvBAN

— Ashutosh Mittal (@hansrajashu888) November 23, 2019