Indian skipper Virat Kohli is an inspiration to millions of people for his hard work and determination to achieve his goals. Even the current crop of cricketers at international cricket follows Virat’s footstep to taste success. In this order, they try to copy everything Virat does on and off the field. Bangladeshi batsman Sabbir Rahman is the latest name in this list, who copied one of Virat Kohli’s iconic celebrations after scoring a century.
During the third One-Day International match against New Zealand, Bangladesh batsman notched up his maiden ODI hundred and went on to do a Kohli-like century celebration. Sabbir gestured his hand and bat in a way to ‘Let the bat do the talking’ celebration after reaching to the milestone.
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His knock of 102 runs came off 110 balls, where he managed 12 boundaries apart from sending the ball over the rope two times. After completing his century, Rahman kissed the ground before holding up his bat and pointed at it with his fingers and mimic Kohli’s iconic celebration. It was Rahman’s maiden ODI ton for Bangladesh.
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Kohli pulled off this celebration after scoring a century during the five-match Test series against England last year. Before the start of the series, there were several talks about Kohli’s dominance under the English clouds but he stopped all such debates after scoring a mammoth 593 runs in ten innings of that series.
Meanwhile, Rahman’s efforts went in vain as Bangladesh ended up on the losing side with Kiwis clinching an 88-run win. Henry Nicholls (64), Ross Taylor (69) and Tom Latham (59) scored half-centuries each to help New Zealand post 330 runs on the board in 50 overs.
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In reply, Bangladesh was off to a disastrous start losing openers Tamim Iqbal (0) and Liton Das (1) early. Soumya Sarkar also departed on a duck before Mohammad Saifuddin (44) and Rahman added 101 runs for the 6th wicket. The lower order eventually surrendered with Tim Southee picking up six wickets for the visitors.
