Virat Kohli has been in a blistering form for a while now and continues to exhibit nerves of steel in the Pink Ball test match too which is currently underway at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Kohli became the first Indian batsman from the country to score a century with the pink ball and the netizens could not stop praising the Indian captain for the feat. With this, he went on to equal the record of Australia's Ricky Ponting for scoring the most number of international centuries as a captain. Both have 41 Test centuries in their kitty. India Vs Bangladesh, Live Cricket Score 2nd Test Match.
Talking about the game today, Virat Kohli as he faced 161 balls to bring up his 27th century and thus put India in the driver’s seat after Bangladesh got bundled out on the score of 106 runs. India lost a couple of early wickets in the form of Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma quite early in the game. Post this, Virat Kohli made a strong partnership of 94 runs with Cheteshwar Oujara and 99 runs with Ajinkya Rahane. After Kohli brought up his 27th century, the netizens hailed Kohli. Check out reactions below:
King Kohli
Bat to Pink Ball - Who should have the honor to be the first Indian Batsman to score a hundred against you?
Pink Ball to Bat - Undoubtebdly my KING @imVkohli.#ViratKohli #KingKohli #INDvBAN #PinkBallTest @StarSportsIndia
— Shubham Agrawal (@imShubhamA) November 23, 2019
Another one
Wonderful batting 💙💙💙
Kohli brings up his 70th century and he made history as a first Indian batsmen hit century in pinkball cricket.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻#ViratKohli #INDvsBAN #PinkBallTest
— Vengateshbabu (@Vengateshbabu3) November 23, 2019
Kohli rules
He Ruled Red Ball Cricket
He Ruled White Ball Cricket
He Ruled Pink Ball Cricket
Only Man In The Planet Right Now #KingKohli #INDvBAN #INDvsBAN #PinkBallTest pic.twitter.com/Pid0g8V1ME
— Kangkan Sarma (@imKangkanSarma) November 23, 2019
Classy batsmen
● Classy Batsman
● Temperament
● Greatest of all the time
● Record Maker
● Amazing Fitness Level
Just Virat Kohli things & Run Machine for a reason 👏🔥#INDvBAN #PinkBallTest #PinkBall #ViratKohli
— Archie Agarwal (@_rchie0425) November 23, 2019
Goat
Goat pic.twitter.com/fAyO2MWRTp
— Rajesh A⚙️ (@Rajesh7avg) November 23, 2019
This is Kohli’s 20th Test century as a captain and 27th as a player. Whereas, this was 70th international century overall. Talking about the game, Virat Kohli is currently batting on the score of 130 runs and is batting alongside Ravindra Jadeja. Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring a half-century.
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