Twitter In Disbelief As Virat Kohli’s Superb Ton Ends In Controversial Manner

Dec 17, 2018 at 1:38 PM

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Twitter In Disbelief As Virat Kohli’s Superb Ton Ends In Controversial Manner

Virat Kohli once again starred with the bat for India, scoring a sublime century to help the visitors recover from a disastrous start in the second Test against Australia. The India skipper scored his 25th Test ton on day three to bail India out of trouble.  It was his seventh against Australia and sixth Down Under.

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The century also helped Virat Kohli to surpass Sachin Tendulkar and become the fastest Indian to 25 Test tons. The legendary Sir Don Bradman is the only one who is ahead of Kohli. The right-handed batsman came to crease when India were in deep trouble. Replying to Australia’s 326, India lost both their openers – Murali Vijay and KL Rahul – for just 8 runs on the board. Kohli then led India’s fightback, scoring 81 on day two as India recovered to end the day on 172 for 3.

Virat Kohli (Credits: Getty)

The world’s top-ranked Test batsman needed just 18 runs to score his fifth Test ton of the year and he took five overs to reach five more overs to reach the milestone. It also ended his mini-draught against Australia. Before his latest knock, Kohli had not managed to cross the fifty run-mark in the last eight innings against Australia.

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Kohli was eventually dismissed for 123. However, his dismissal ended in a controversial manner. The 30-year old edged Pat Cummins to Peter Handscomb at second slip, who just managed to scoop his fingers under the ball to hold onto a low catch. Kohli was confident that the ball did not carry but Handscomb was adamant. The replays were not very conclusive but the third umpire gave his decision in the bowler’s favour as the soft signal was out, much to Kohli’s disappointment.

Meanwhile, Twitter was quick to react its anger on the controversial catch. Here are some of the reactions:

https://twitter.com/DennisCricket_/status/1074158240395452421

 

 

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