The Ranchi ODI was not in India’s favour as they lost the match by 32 runs despite Indian skipper’s consecutive century knock by skipper Virat Kohli’s 123 from 95 balls. It was the 2nd century by the chase master in this series and the 41st in his overall One-day career.

Even when India lost MS Dhoni the local player at the stage of 86/4 in the 20th over, Virat kept the fight on with his power to clear the boundaries and build the 5th wicket Partnership of 88 runs with Kedar Jadhav who was also trapped for leg-before-wicket by Adam Zampa in the 32nd over, but that did not stop the King from going on and achieving his 41st ODI century where drifted a shot across the off-stump against Maxwell and picked a couple of runs to reach another milestone.

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Kohli was bowled by Adam Zampa on 123 in the 38th over with India still requiring 95 runs to win from 75 deliveries with 4 wickets in hand. Vijay Shankar and Ravindra Jadeja tried hitting a few boundaries but were dismissed soon before they could accomplish the task. Australia finally managed to open their account in this series by registering a win at Ranchi, but still, they trail the series to India by 1-2.

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India’s assistant coach Sanjay Bangar had to say about Kohli after the defeat that “With his insatiable quest for excellence, has raised his game to such a level that even good performances from his teammates at times do not seem to be special”.

According to PTI When it was asked to Sanjay Bangar that what makes Kohli such a special player to which the assistant coach replied, “He’s somebody who constantly looks out on an area for improvement and he does that on a regular basis. Probably that’s the reason why he has raised the game to such a level”.

India will play Australia in the 4th ODI at the PCA stadium in Mohali on March 10 at 1:30 pm.