Batting maestro Virat Kohli was at his finest on Thursday evening as he scored 103 not out, his 48th ODI century, guiding India to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in Pune. The chase grasp rose to the event as soon as once more for India because the facet hunted down the goal of 257 runs in opposition to Bangladesh in 41.three overs. It was additionally India’s fourth consecutive win within the match. Shubman Gill (53) and Rohit Sharma (48) additionally impressed with the bat however Kohli’s century stole the present.
However, after the sport, Kohli confirmed a gorgeous gesture that was missed by many.
During the presentation ceremony, Kohli, who received the Player of the Match award in opposition to Bangladesh, corrected the presenter when he missed to say Ravichandran Ashwin’s title and mistakenly referred to as Kohli as one participant from India’s 2011 World Cup-winning squad to function within the 2023 mega occasion.
“You have won a World Cup before. So you are the one guy in the dressing room knows what it is like,” stated presenter.
“And Ash as well. Just the two of us from 2011,” Kohli corrected the presenter shortly.
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The legend of Virat Kohli continued to develop exponentially as he reached inside handshaking distance of Sachin Tendulkar’s world report of 49 tons of throughout India’s walk-in-the-park seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a World Cup recreation on Thursday.
Kohli, who plans 50-over chases with a precision of a surgeon, remained unbeaten on 103 off 97 balls as India knocked off the 258-run goal with as many as 51 balls remaining. India have now make it 4 wins out of 4 video games and yet another win would nearly put them in semi-finals.
While Kohli hit six fours and 4 sixes, it was his exemplary working between the wickets in pursuit of his 48th hundred that may be etched within the reminiscence for the longest time.
But credit score must also go to Ravindra Jadeja (2/38 in 10 overs) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/41 in 10 overs), who had been exemplary masking all bases in absence of Hardik Pandya, who hobbled off the sphere after twisting his left ankle.
(With PTI Inputs)
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