The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli led the men in blue from the front and went on to score 94* to help his team to beat the West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Even though Virat missed out on his maiden T20I century, he gathered a lot of praise from both fans and cricket experts for showing tremendous grit in a tough chase.

Among many, former England skipper, Kevin Pietersen heaped praise on the Indian captain, mentioning a particular flick shot as “holy smokes” on Virat Kohli’s latest Instagram post. Taking to Instagram, Kohli uploaded a few pictures and the caption of the post read: “Good way to start the series. Lots of positives to take from today’s win”.

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Pietersen commented on Kohli’s post, “Your flick this evening was quite something, bro! Holy smokes!”

Kohli’s 50-ball 94 came with the help of six boundaries and as many sixes and helped India take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series against the West Indies.

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During the post-match presentation, Kohli said, “Whenever I play T20 cricket I am not someone who comes to the ground to hit the ball in the air to entertain the crowd. I focus on doing the job. Our strength as a team is to strike in the latter half of the innings.”

Besides Kohli, KL Rahul impressed at the top of the order as he amassed 62 runs off 40 balls, including five boundaries and four sixes. Earlier, despite having won the toss, India couldn’t stop the West Indies from scoring a formidable total of 207/5 in 20 overs.

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However, the hosts chased down the steep target with eight balls to spare. The two teams will next meet in the second T20I in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.