Twitter Erupts As Virat Kohli Registers His 26th Test Century

After a below-par outing in the first Test against South Africa, team India skipper Virat Kohli was in his elements in the second Test in Pune. After a good show from Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara, Kohli looked confident throughout his knock to bring his 26th Test hundred.

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The host made a commanding start to the Test match with a century from Mayank and a fifty from Pujara after losing Rohit Sharma early. The pair added 100+runs for the second wicket to set the tone tackling a hostile period of fast bowling from the South African fast bowlers.

While both the set batsmen got out after reaching individual milestones, Virat Kohli looked calm and composed to carry the innings from there. India ended at 273 for three with Kohli unbeaten on 63 and looking well set for a century.

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The first hour of the morning session along belonged to India. The host didn’t lose a wicket against the second new ball and added 41 runs to the overnight score. Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada were tight with their lines and lengths in the first 30 minutes.

They induced a couple of outside edges but weren’t lucky as they didn’t carry to the fielders in the cordon. Virat Kohli looked well-poised to convert his fifty to a daddy hundred after failing to put runs in the first Test. While he looked a bit cautious in the 90s, Ajinkya Rahane played some shots to bring up his fifty.

Kohli reached the landmark with a fine boundary and soon erupted in joy. His knock was filled with 16 boundaries and will hope to make it big as India look to post a good total on the board.

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Twitter Reactions

Irrepressible, unstoppable @imVkohli #26thTestcentury ??

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 11, 2019

If I were to pick one word for @imVkohli that keeps him apart from the rest it has to be #Motivation ,driven to be the Leader and the Batsman that he is ? #INDvsSA

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) October 11, 2019

Virat Kohli's conversion rate of 50 to 100 is second to Sir Don Bradman. The Indian captain makes run-scoring like a stroll in the park. Top consistency level. #INDvSA

— Gautam chauhan (@Gautamchauhan2) October 11, 2019

Was there ever a doubt about this hundred from the moment Virat Kohli came to bat…?! #IndvSA

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) October 11, 2019

Virat Kohli's Test average goes past Sachin Tendulkar's ?, as he closes in on a ?. He needs to score 140 before he is out for it to stay that way. #JustAnObservation #INDvSA

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 11, 2019

Watta Pair. Two test specialist out there, playing solidly, calmly, the beautiful drives and shots. Keep going @imVkohli & @ajinkyarahane88 ?????????????#INDvsSA

— Hitesh Sota ThaKkaR (@hitesh_thakkar3) October 11, 2019

26th Test ? for #ViratKohli
69th in International cricket,
12th in ??,
3rd vs ??,
14th in Asia,
1st in this year,
19th as captain,
8th in 1st match inning,
22nd at No. 4,
33rd in First-class,
153rd in Professional cricket.#INDvSA #INDvsSA

— Akhil Gupta ? (@Guptastats92) October 11, 2019

Virat ??? #INDvSA.

— Vamsi (@VBY199) October 11, 2019

Virat Kohli becomes the fastest to smash 40 international centuries as captain…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 11, 2019

Virat Kohli ? ? ? #INDvSA #INDvsSA

— Dr Khushboo ?? (@khushbookadri) October 11, 2019

Great innings by @imVkohli , congratulations to him for his 26th century.#INDvSA

— C.K Khanna (@CkKhannaBCCI) October 11, 2019

I have tons of notes n practicals to write but yeah those r nothing in front of ton-machine's ton ?for me @imVkohli #INDvSA

— Ananya (@Pessimist__18) October 11, 2019