India skipper Virat Kohli recorded his maiden Test century on the English soil during the second day’s play of the first Test at the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham on Thursday.
In reply to England’s first innings total of 287, India were tottering at 100 for 5 amidst adverse conditions. However, Virat was determined to bury the demons of his previous England tour as he fought a lone battle to complete his 22nd Test hundred.
The 29-year-old hit Ben Stokes for a boundary to bring up his century that came off 172 balls. After getting a life on a dropped catch at the second slip on 21, Kohli hardly lost his focus all th♏rough the innings. His crafty hundred was laced with 14 boundaries.
It is worth mentioning here that Virat hasn’t been able to perform at his best in red-ball cricket on English soil despite boasting an awe-inspiring record all over the world.
During the 2014 England tour, Kohli aggregated on🍌ly 134 runs at a dismal average of 13.40 in five Test matches. No wonder, this innings has come as a relief to him.
Cr💮icket experts and fans were in awe to see the way Kohli crafted his innings amidst the middle order collapse.
Here are some of the best tweets:
A ve🌜ry important🌜 knock by . Lovely way to set up the Test series. Congrats on your Test hundred.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Great s𝓀tar𓃲t to the series for 👏 Sensational Batting !!
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
That’s an incredible knock !!! 1 man battle against the moving ball …..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
A masterclass from Virat Kohli, leading from th🌸e front. A display of tremendous character determination and grit
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
The genius of lies in making a t🦂remendously difficult knock look ridiculously easy.
What a remarkable fighter, and what a 𒀰remarkab🐷le century!
— Col Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe)
WHAT A CHAMPION 100 👏👏👏 captain leading from the front.. much needed…absolutely brilliant welldone too 👍
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
What a player what a knock
— Mason Crane (@masoncrane32)
ಌTake a bow . Brilliant 🅷ton when the team needed it the most. All the 2014 talk has been laid to rest by this special batsman. 👏
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
🙈This man proves himself again and again with such crucial knocks. A hundred and that too playing with the tail which is not an easy task at all. Required a lot of patience and determination. What a pl🎃ayer!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
This knock of reminds me of ’s role in the movie called “THE LAST STAND”. 🧸👏🏼 👍🏼
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
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Just stood up in our studio and applauded. One of Kohli's best. Full of grit and patience. Proper test match batting. .
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
So adorable that there were people that thought Kohli wouldn't absolutely boss it in England in this series.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek)
Congratulations to for a🍌 fantastic 💯,great knock! A captain leading from the front, a delight to watch.
— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11)
First Century. First of Many. Well played, Virat Kohli. Best batsman on the🃏 p𒈔lanet.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
King K!
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
Under the circumstances, one of ’s greatest♎ centuries. What a pꦓlayer, what a fighter.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
is just꧙ now all people can 🤫 about him getting runs in England
— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach)
One of his most important hundreds. An absolutely brilliant innings from . Has single handedly kept💮 India in the game. What a player !
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Virat Kohli really is a great player. But I still fancy England for the test seri🧸es.
— Oliver Phelps (@OliverPhelps)
Thoroughly enjoyed watching that battle. Test cricket at it's best. Triumph over adversity and a joy to watch Virat Kohli craft, construct and conquer his surroundings on to his 22nd test century.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
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For one of the best stroke players in the world, this Virat 100 was about ‘not’ playing strokes.
Left 40 balls alone. 26 against Anderson. That’s more than 4 overs of Anderson left alone!
👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Brilliant knock from Kohli. Well played.
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20)
A lot o🐻f heat on Kohli and produces a 100 in his first innings. 🏏
— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja)
Virat Kohli. A superstar and ge🦩nuine box office. Backs it all up with brilliance.
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty)
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Outstanding 💯 from Kohli
— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket)
I wonder where will be ranked amongst the Pantheon of✃ great Indian Test match batsmen 🌄🏏🔥 Truly phenomenal relentless drive, skill and passion whilst representing India 🇮🇳
— Robin John Peterson (@robbie13flair)
Virat Kohli is a great batsman and
true leader. Single handedly he took India near England's score.— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN)
Reckon he 🐻might be alright at cri🎶cket that Kohli lad.
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy)
Forget record books, think Virat should have one for himself. This is so𓄧me statement from the Indian Skipper.🎶
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
India’s future is saཧfe. Virat Kohli is alr🥂eady in the 22nd century.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats)
Virat Kohli has clear♊ly demonstrated his quality and maturity as batsman/captain! Watching some of the shots he played during the innings and the manner he dominated the English bowling confirms he is class above the rest of the batsmen in world cricket today!
— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket)
King Kohli departs for 149 after a mast🔯erclass. Edgbaston stands up to applaud him. Few hours after booing him. This is sport. Never write off champions.
— Sohini M. (@Mittermaniac)
