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Twitter reactions on Virat Kohli’s 40th ODI century

Dixit Bhargav
|PublishedMar 05, 2019

NAGPUR, INDIA – MARCH 05: Virat Kohli of India celebrates scoring his century during game two of the One Day International series between India and Australia at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground on March 05, 2019 in Nagpur, India. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Twitter reactions on Virat Kohli’s 40th ODI century: Twitter was elated at the sight of the Indian captain scoring his 40th ton.

During the second ODI of the ongoing Australia’s tour of India at Nagpur, India captain Virat Kohli scored his 40th ODI century. Coming in to bat at his usual position of No. 3, Kohli was present in the middle after the first over.

The 30-year old cricketer scored the bulk of scoring for his team as India lost wickets at regular intervals. Barring Kohli’s 81-run partnership for the fourth wickets alongside all-rounder Vijay Shankar, lack of stands affected the Indian team’s progress.

Looking good from the word go, Kohli made his intentions clear in the fourth over when he hit Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile for a couple of boundaries. With opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (21) getting out in the ninth over, Kohli continued to shield one end.

On the third ball of the 25th over, Kohli hit Coulter-Nile to deep point for a run as he completed his 50th ODI half-century. This was also the time when Shankar made optimum use of his batting promotion as he took on the opposition bowlers with ease.

In what an archetype Kohli’s innings, it saw him running more than 50 singles which once against highlighted his fitness. India losing Shankar (46), all-rounder Kedar Jadhav (11) and wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni (0) within no time put more pressure on Kohli as he saw three in-form batsmen going back to the pavilion.

Kohli’s 40th ODI century

Kohli and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (21) put on display a sensible and risk-free 67-run partnership for the seventh wicket. It was during this stand that Kohli brought up his 40th century in the 44th over by hitting a four off Coulter-Nile. With the latter getting out in the 46th over, the emphasis was solely on the skipper for finishing the innings for his team.

Before getting out in the 48th over, Kohli ended up scoring 116 (120) with the help of 10 fours. While India would have wanted for him to play for the last three fours, Kohli was out caught at deep square leg off Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins.

Kohli’s knock saw him enticing numerous reactions on social media platform Twitter. Read some of the tweets below:

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.