It was an emotional day a🗹t the JSCA stadium in Ranchi on Friday (🃏March 8).
On a day when veteran MS Dhoni may have played his last international game on his home ground, the Men in Blue wore camouflage caps as a mark of respect for the Indian A🅘rmed Forces.
Unfortunately, the result of India’s third ODI against Australia went against the hosts’ favour.
After Usman Khawaja’s 104 powered Australia to post 313 for 5 on the board, India managed to put 281 in 48.2 overs, that too solely because of captain Virat Kohli’s 41st ODI century.
Kohli smashed a 95 ball 123 but lacked adequate support from the other end as Australia kept the five-match ODI series alive going ✅into the fourth game in Chandigarh on March 10.
Kohli’s knock was laced with 16 fours and a six, he scored his first 50 off 52 balls and the next 50 off just 33 balls. En route to his hundred, Kohli also became the fastest batsman to complete 4,000 ODI runs as captain.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
I love watching bat & play cricket as he never ever gives up & always believes his team can win when he’s batting. Just a terrific attitude & one that warms my heart. Congrats to Oz on a wonderful win, some great ♏signs with bat & ball ! Veꦜry happy for too !
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne)
The 🐐 is at it again …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
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Now that’s talent appreciating talent 👏👏👏👏.
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty)
What a champion great 100… needed few others to step in to support him to win tonight.. hope they will learn from this game and bounce back in the next game.. well done australia tonight..
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
A truly sublime innings from Virat Kohli today, made it look v✤ery easy while rest of the batsman found the going tough. Handy contribution from Shankar again buওt Australia were really the better side all round today and the deserved winners.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
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Super comeback in the series by Aus. Better all round performance, especially in the batt😼ing where the top order made a huge difference. Take away ’s magnificent century, India’s batting serious let down
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
In other news…. … Absolutely next level! Have run out of words to describe this guy! 😱😱😱
— Ian Bell MBE (@Ian_Bell)
Another day, another century! 💯
Number 41 in ODIs, his 25th in a chase! Unreal.
— ICC (@ICC)
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Form is temporary….KOHLI is permanent. Superhuman.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Number 41 from 💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23)
It isn’t this easy. It isn’t a joke, but this man has made it a joke.
41st for King Kohli.— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
