On Twitter, plaudits pour in for Kohli's blitz
India pulled off a stunning batting display to ensure their chances of qualifying to the final of the CB series were still alive as they beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets on Tuesday. And the main man to thank for this was Virat Kohli who smashed 133 off only 86 balls as India completed the herculean task of achieving the target of 321 in less than 40 overs to earn a bonus point.
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India pulled off a stunning batting display to ensure their chances of qualifying to the final of the CB series were still alive as they beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets on Tuesday. And the main man to thank for this was Virat Kohli who smashed 133 off only 86 balls as India completed the herculean task of achieving the target of 321 in less than 40 overs to earn a bonus point.
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Virat was the only Indian batsman to score a century in the Test series and so far he's the only Indian to do so in the ongoing tri-series. It was Virat's 9th ODI century and sixth when chasing. It is also his highest ODI score. Twitter was abuzz with comments on Kohli's knock. Here are a few....
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@sidharthamallya: What an innings from Virat!! Awesome display from India. To chase that big a score down and gain the bonus point is simply magic!!
Sidhartha Mallya, the boss of Royal Challengers Bangalore, the team that Kohli plays for in IPL, was ecstatic.
