Indian skipper Virat Kohli has answered all his critics with his first ever test ton in the English conditions. The Indian stalwart registered his 22nd in the longest format of the game and kept India in the game even after a batting collapse.
Though Dhawan, Vijay and Rahul fell in succession, the skipper seemed unfazed by the efforts put by English bowlers. He was even dropped on a few occasions and this really boosted the confidence levels to lead the innings from the front.
In the due course of his innings, Kohli also reached his 7K Internationals runs as the skipper in all the formats of the game. He now stands in the third place alongside Aussie trio Smith, Steve Waugh and Border for maximum centuries as a test captain (15).
Virat Kohli has now scored centuries in all the venues except Bangladesh and Pakistan (he hasn”t played a single game) India 274 all Out.
Twitter went really wild after a Superman-esque effort from Kohli and this is how it responded to it
A masterclass from Virat Kohli, leading from the front. A display of tremendous character determination and grit #ENGIND
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 2, 2018
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Take a bow, #KingKohli.#TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli announces his arrival in the series. Scores his first hundred in England.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/mHTnDaw5Qr
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 2, 2018
WHAT A CHAMPION 100 👏👏👏 captain leading from the front.. much needed…absolutely brilliant @imVkohli welldone @ImIshant @y_umesh too 👍 #ENDvIND @BCCI pic.twitter.com/kNuDCbqqOx
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 2, 2018
Just stood up in our studio and applauded. One of Kohli's best. Full of grit and patience. Proper test match batting. #Class.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 2, 2018
First Century. First of Many. Well played, Virat Kohli. Best batsman on the planet. #EngvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 2, 2018
Virat Kohli's knock today is something akin to Sunny Gavaskar's 101 at Old Trafford in June 1974. All about guts and grit against some hostile bowling in adverse conditions!#ENGvIND #INDvENG
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 2, 2018
So adorable that there were people that thought Kohli wouldn't absolutely boss it in England in this series. #GUN
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) August 2, 2018
An unbelievable hundred from Virat Kohli. India's captain leading from the front, and you can tell just what it means from the celebration. What. A. Knock.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/fNOLVAUzNB
— ICC (@ICC) August 2, 2018
Most consecutive conversions from 90s to 100 in Tests for India
17 Virat Kohli (2014-2018)*
16 Sunil Gavaskar (1978-1983)
14 Azharuddin (1984-1994)#NervesOfSteel— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) August 2, 2018
A lot of heat on Kohli and produces a 100 in his first innings. #class 🏏
— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) August 2, 2018
India’s future is safe. Virat Kohli is already in the 22nd century.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) August 2, 2018
Can we rename ISO 9001 as Kohli standard?#IndVsEng
— Nakuul Mehta (@NakuulMehta) August 2, 2018
Brilliant knock from Kohli. Well played. #ENGvIND
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) August 2, 2018
Big mistake by Root to do Mike Dropping ! Don’t irritate Kohli , hel bite you hard coz he gets motivated by this ! Be nice to him , give him gifts , smile all the time and he may give you his wicket once in a while ! #INDvENG #KingKohli
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) August 2, 2018
He's not here to prove anything to anyone. For Virat it's team above self. In life you need luck and it's no different in sport as well. He was watchful, determined & he makes it count in his very first innings in #England. Salute to the modern day great @imVkohli #kohli
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) August 2, 2018
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At this rate we will run out of adjectives for Virat Kohli. Simply incredible.
— Anuj Singhal अनुज सिंघल (@_anujsinghal) August 2, 2018
This knock of @imVkohli reminds me of @Schwarzenegger’s role in the movie called “THE LAST STAND”. 👏🏼 👍🏼#ENGvIND
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) August 2, 2018
Virat Kohli. A superstar and genuine box office. Backs it all up with brilliance.
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) August 2, 2018
Virat Kohli's reply to people who questioned his performance in England. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/RUxdNMkHX7
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) August 2, 2018
Take a bow @imVkohli. Brilliant ton when the team needed it the most. All the 2014 talk has been laid to rest by this special batsman. 👏 pic.twitter.com/Tpr1Vi9Fsb
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) August 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/1025058758987112448
Wow @imVkohli. This inning had determination written all over it 🙏 #ENGvIND
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul) August 2, 2018
— Tino95 (@tinobest) August 2, 2018
An unbelievable hundred from Virat Kohli. India's captain leading from the front, and you can tell just what it means from the celebration. What. A. Knock.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/fNOLVAUzNB
— ICC (@ICC) August 2, 2018
That’s an incredible knock @imVkohli !!! 1 man battle against the moving ball ….. #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 2, 2018
Test bowling at its best .. Test Batting at its Best from @imVkohli .. These last 2 days have given us all a reminder why it’s the best format by a country mile … #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 2, 2018