Published: Jan 15, 2019, 04:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 15, 2019, 04:13 PM (IST)
Captain Virat Kohli blazed his away to a brilliant century – his 39th in ODIs and 24th in run chases – to lead India’s chase in the second ODI against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. (LIVE: India vs Australia, 2nd ODI, Adelaide Oval)
Set with a 299-run target after Australia elected to bat, Kohli, who has scored his second century on the tour after smashing 123 in the second Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth, entered after the dismissal of Rohit Sharma (43). (ALSO READ: Mohammed Siraj records 2nd most expensive figures by an Indian bowler on ODI debut)
Kohli, who reached his hundred after tucking a back of a length delivery off Peter Siddle to the deep square leg fielder for two runs, reached his hundred in 108 deliveries – an innings laced with five boundaries and two sixes.
The swashbuckling batsman’s imperious knock garnered many praises on Twitter. Here are a few:
Love watching @imvkohli bat. He makes batting look super easy anywhere in the world. Keep it going Virat! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/fx780dsQrH
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) January 15, 2019
Just the 9 Tons in his last 19 ODI innings for #Virat … !!!! #🐐
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 15, 2019
It's been a privilege to have seen some great Kohli centuries. It was a privilege to have seen this one.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 15, 2019
@imVkohli numbers are ridiculous… thank god he is play8ng now that we all could watch him! I hate mediocrity… and Virat is the complete opposite to that! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://t.co/neL7Eap2OH
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) January 15, 2019
He is tireless! #kohli
— Meha Bhardwaj Alter (@Bhardwajmeha) January 15, 2019
Most intl hundreds (all formats) by visiting batsmen to Aus:
11 – Virat Kohli
9 – David Gower
9 – Jack Hobbs
8 – Brian Lara
7 – Wally Hammond, Viv Richards, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar#AUSvIND— Adam Burnett (@AdamBurnett09) January 15, 2019
This Virat bloke is not bad. 9 hundreds in 19 ODIs. Wow!!!!
— Nathan McCullum (@MccullumNathan) January 15, 2019
Missed the match but nowadays one can predict what’s gonna happen 🙂 #KingKohli
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) January 15, 2019
We saw the great Sir Viv/Sachin, we saw the destructive Lloyd/Adam Gilchrist/, we saw the finisher in Hussey/Bevan/Dhoni, but in terms of pure control/command of ODI batting,@imVkohli in league of his own! #INDvsAUS
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) January 15, 2019
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