Twitter Reactions: Virat Kohli scores his second Test double ton
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Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli had played four innings before this one in the series but hadn’t got a half century and there were murmurs that he is out of form. He scored a characteristic 45 in the Kolkata Test and that actually changed the momentum. The conditions were tough and the bowlers were on top but Virat decided to play his shots and score rather than just hanging around and letting the bowlers dominate the proceedings.
Ahead of the match he had said that there is nothing like form and he thinks he is batting well. Come the Indore Test and he absolutely shut everyone up with the way he batted. Virat walked in to bat when Gautam Gambhir was dismissed in the first session. He first got into a partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara but the Indian No. 3 was eventually dismissed for 41; in walked Ajinkya Rahane and I won’t say that he looked at his best to start with but hung in there and eventually got into his grooves.
Kohli on the other hand, appeared to be batting on a different wicket. He was brilliant right from the start, he ran hard didn’t rely just on the boundaries to fetch him the runs. But when he did hit the boundaries, they were beautiful. His inning oozed class and answered another question from the critics who claimed he didn’t have the temperament to get the big daddy hundreds. He got to his century on the 1st day carried on from there on day two and got to his 150 right after lunch, his 3rd 150 plus score in Tests.
The milestones in his knock came but he didn’t exult, he raised his bat, smiled and carried on. In the second session of the day the New Zealand bowlers were already starting to tire down, the spinners didn’t find enough support from the surface to trouble the batsmen and the pacers who bowled their hearts out in the morning session weren’t able to crack the partnership either.
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A few overs ahead of the Tea break, Virat got to the triple figure mark for the second time in his knock. His second double century in Test cricket and both have come in a matter of 7 innings. With that he also became the only Indian Test skipper to have scored two double centuries.
He isn’t done as of yet and looks pretty solid to get a triple as well if India decide to continue batting. Rahane at the other end also went past the 150-run mark and at Tea is batting on 161*.
Here is how Twitterati celebrated Virat Kohli’s second Test double ton:
Take a bow @imVkohli ? What a splendid display of focus,positivity and determination?Keep it up? #indvsnz @BCCI
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 9, 2016
There it is! @imVkohli gets his double hundred. His 2nd in 2016. Applause all around. Wonderful batting. #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/0rDZSQ7fKj
— ScoopWhoop News (@scoopwhoopnews) October 9, 2016
HUNGER. If yesterday was about Discipline, today was about Virat's insatiable hunger for runs. Clinical. Take a bow ?? #INDvsNZ
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 9, 2016
They say Kohli is next Sachin & Rahane is next Dravid. Perfect time for Kohli to declare when Rahane is on 194 and take revenge. #indvsnz
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) October 9, 2016
.@bhogleharsha on Kohli's double hundred: This is a serious effort from Virat. One that has seen him grow as a player #INDvNZ
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 9, 2016
Madness, every run that Kohli and Rahane score will be a new highest score for them. Should they raise bat after every run then? #indvsnz
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) October 9, 2016
Indians who have scored two Test double-centuries in a year:
Kambli: 1993
Dravid: 2003
Tendulkar: 2004 and 2010
Sehwag: 2008
KOHLI: 2016— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 9, 2016
Virat Kohli becomes the first Asian captain to score TWO double centuries in a calender year in Tests.#INDvNZ
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) October 9, 2016
WOWWWWWWIE-RATTTTTT!! ?????? #INDvNZ @imVkohli #Genius
— Sanket Jack (@sanket_jack) October 9, 2016
DOUBLE CENTURY for Virat Kohli the tough part of being Sportsman is you need prove again and again..
Kohli is Doing that with the ease!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 9, 2016
2nd Double Hundred in Test For Virat Kohli! ?? #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/CWAovkBPiL
— CricFit (@CricFit) October 9, 2016
Kohli had gone seven Test innings without a double hundred so he thought it was about time he scored another one.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) October 9, 2016
Congratulations @imVkohli . Another brilliant batting performance . Born to bat !!
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) October 9, 2016
Jaisa To Hai Waisa Rehna,
Jag Ghoomeya, Thaare Jaisa Batsman Na Koi. 😉2nd DOUBLE Hundred
CHAMPION Virat Kohli#INDvsNZ #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/pb1n2xwk2m— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) October 9, 2016
Double ton for Virat Kohli! Another box ticked, with daddy tons. Well done Virat. Been a superb knock, in full control of the proceedings.
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 9, 2016
Dealing in double-centuries now, are we? #ViratKohli #IndvNZ #IndvsNZ
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) October 9, 2016
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— ️Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 9, 2016
Virat Kohli first Indian to score two double centuries as captain in Test cricket!#indvsNZ
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 9, 2016
Highest scores by Indian captains:
224 MS Dhoni
217 S Tendulkar
205 S Gavaskar
203*MAK Pataudi
200 Virat Kohli
200 VIRAT KOHLI *#INDvNZ— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) October 9, 2016
If that 45 in Kolkata was a fighting knock, this double hundred has been a dominating one #INDvNZ
— Anand Subramaniam (@28anand) October 9, 2016
#INDvsNZ, 3rd Test, Day 2: IND – 446/3 (143) | Virat Kohli brings up his 2nd double century in Tests. pic.twitter.com/QO4ZQgJjqo
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 9, 2016
Double-centuries by India captains in Tests:
1932 to 2015 – 4 double-centuries in 84 years
In 2016 – 2 double-centuries#IndvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 9, 2016
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