Twitter reactions on Virat Kohli’s 38th ODI century: Twitter went crazy on the Indian captain’s third consecutive ODI century.
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During the third ODI of the ongoing Windies’ tour of India at Pune, Indian captain Virat Kohli scored his 38th ODI century, his 24th while chasing, becoming the first Indian batsman to score three consecutive ODI centuries.
In what has become a habit for Kohli, it was another Kohli-special while chasing. Given the way he is belting records at the moment, one falls short of words for him. Having scored 113 in the third ODI against New Zealand at Kanput last year, this becomes Kohli’s fourth consecutive ODI century on home soil.
Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the second over, Kohli was his usual self. Looking determined as ever to chase the 284-run target, Kohli didn’t shy away from the responsibility even with wickets falling at regular intervals at the other end.
By the end of the first powerplay, India has scored 54-1, with Kohli at 23* (29). Laying emphasis on his running between the wickets, it wasn’t one of those innings where Kohli took on the opposition bowlers from the word go. Perhaps, the match situation forced him to play in such a manner.
On the second delivery of the 22nd over, Kohli hit an Ashley Nurse short delivery over the square leg fielder for a boundary to complete his half-century. With MS Dhoni getting out in the 36th over, the onus was solely on Kohli.
On the first delivery of the 38th over, Kohli pulled a Jason Holder delivery to run a single to complete his century. Sticking to his tendency of not celebrating much these days, Kohli realised that a much bigger target lied ahead of him. At the time of writing this article, India required 69 runs to win from 60 balls, with Kohli batting on 104*.
Read some of the recent Twitter reaction on Kohli’s innings below:
