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Twitteraties Praise Virat Kohli For His Match-Winning Century Knock
By Sandy - Jan 15, 2019 6:43 pm
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Indian skipper Virat Kohli played a brilliant century knock that guided the visiting side to win the crucial second ODI of the three-match ODI series at Adelaide Oval (Adelaide) on Tuesday (15 January).

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Virat Kohli

Chasing down the 299 runs target that set by the host side Australia after deciding to bat first, India was in the struggling period as the most of the top-order batsmen failed to capitalise their starts to the big score.

Though there were some good partnerships, the openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were dismissed on 43 and 32 runs respectively while the no.4 batsman Ambati Rayudu lost his wicket on 24 runs.

The skipper Kohli played the necessary long knock to chase the challenging target. After completing his half-century in 66 balls, Kohli carried his innings in strong way to complete his brilliant ODI century in 108 balls.

The Indian skipper played a very crucial knock to set the tone for the visiting team. After scoring 104 runs off 112 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes, Kohli was caught at deep midwicket by Glenn Maxwell while Jhye Richardson picked up that wicket.

However, in the end, the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman and the former Indian skipper MS Dhoni safely guided the team with Dinesh Karthik. Dhoni played the unbeaten knock of 55 off 54 balls while Karthik remained not out on 25 off 14 balls as India chased the target (299/4) in 49.2 overs after losing four wickets.

For the brilliant match-winning century knock, the Indian skipper Kohli won the Player of the Match award.

Here are some important stats Virat Kohli’s century in Adelaide ODI

  • Kohli’s 39th ODI century in overall.
  • Kohli’s 24th ODI century in at chasing.
  • Kohli’s 22nd ODI century outside the home soil.
  • Kohli’s 18th ODI century at the away venues (home of opposition).
  • Kohli’s 17th ODI century as captain.
  • Kohli’s 6th ODI century against Australia.
  • Kohli’s 5th ODI century in Australia. Joint most no. of ODI centuries in Australia by a non-Australian batsman. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) and Rohit Sharma (India) are the other batsmen in this record list.
  • Kohli’s 2nd ODI century at the Adelaide Oval (Adelaide). Joint most no.of ODI centuries by a batsman at the Adelaide Oval (Adelaide).

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