Virat Kohli century at Hobart

Ugly duckling turns swan: Virat Kohli has blossomed into a mature young man

Virat Kohli (born on November 5, 1988) celebrates his 24th birthday today. Nishad Pai Vaidya captures the exciting journey of young who has emerged as the standard-bearer of Indian cricket.

Kohli’s 133 is the 2nd highest in ODI chases for a batsman batting No 4 or lower

Even as the impact of Virat Kohli’s innings of 133 not out against Sri Lanka on Tuesday sinks in, more statistical gems have been unravelled to underline the degree of difficulty of the 23-year-old epic display against monumental odds.

Virat Kohli’s nine ODI hundreds – The makings of a champion batsman

The dazzling century by Virat Kohli at Hobart had the world watching in awe and rubbing its eyes in disbelief. His heroics may have resurrected India from the dead and secured an imperative bonus point against all odds, but his onslaught on Laisth Malinga- the most feared bowler in limited-overs cricket - is something that would be etched in memory for years. Such was the brilliance of Kohli’s display that the legendary Sunil Gavaskar compared him to Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid’s exploits at a similar age.

Twitterverse goes wild celebrating Virat Kohli’s epic century

Twitterverse went wild celebrating Virat Kohli’s epic innings against Sri Lanka at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.

Malinga’s figures the worst in ODIs for a bowler bowling eight or less overs!

Lasith Malinga’s name strikes fear in the minds of the batsmen. But what happened at Hobart was almost fictional - young Virat Kohli stared the 'Yama of Cricket" in the eye! Kohli did not just cheat the "God of Death" – he destroyed him!

Kohli’s Riplesque century helps India win with a bonus; Malinga massacred

By Ashish Shukla

Virat Kohli blasted an unbeaten 133 as India snatched an incredible victory against Sri Lanka by chasing down a mammoth 321 in only 36.4 overs to rekindle their hopes of making it to the final of the cricket tri-series.