Twitter reactions on Virat Kohli’s 36th ODI century: Twitter was exhilarated after Kohli scored another international century.
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During the first ODI of Windies’ ongoing tour of India at Guwahati, India captain Virat Kohli scored his 36th ODI century in a dominating manner. In which was an another-day-another-century moment for the 29-year old right-hand batsman, it was as good as any of his recent innings.
Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the third over, Kohli didn’t let the early wicket have a say on India’s chase. Kohli outdid Rohit Sharma in the beginning, chiefly in the beginning. On the sixth ball that he faced, Kohli hit a boundary off debutant Oshane Thomas.
Kohli continued the trend of hitting at least a single boundary in the next four overs. After a break in the ninth over, Kohli once again initiated the spree for the next three overs.
By the end of the 12th over, having scored 87-1, India were cruising in the chase. Having already completed his half-century, Kohli was looking set for a big one. Kohli might have slowed down a bit after his half-century, but picked up on his strike rate once again after completing his century.
On the penultimate delivery of the 27th over, with a cover drive off Kemar Roach, Kohli completed his century and put on display an elated celebration.
It was an innings with domination written all over it. The Indian batsman was 92% in control of his craft in the middle. Till the 29th over, his quintessential flick shot proved to be the most productive for him for it had aided him in accumulating 48 runs.
Kohli’s innings was an instant hit on social media as well, alluring numerous praiseworthy tweets. Read some of them below:
