Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made an absolute mockery of the New Zealand’s bowling attack in Kanpur, in the third and final match of the ongoing three match One Day International (ODI) series.
Rohit Sharma had struggled to score runs in the first two ODIs and he under pressure to do well in the decider. Rohit took some time initially but once he got his eye in, he played his trademark strokes and didn’t allow New Zealand’s good bowling attack to settle.
The pitch was a good one to bat and both the batsmen took great advantage of the conditions. While Rohit was aggressor, Kohli played in his trademark style and built the innings beautifully. Rohit’s aggressive batting allow Kohli to take some and play the kind of cricket, he likes playing.
Check out some of the best reactions on Twitter here:
Rohit Sharma now has a century in every One Day International series he has played this year, i.e. #CT17, #INDvSL, #INDvAUS and now #INDvNZ
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 29, 2017
Well played and congrats @imVkohli @ImRo45 for their centuries. Brilliant batting from two of the best players in the world ?
— Parvinder Awana (@ParvinderAwana) October 29, 2017
Kohli in Odis since Jan 2016
Matches: 36
Innings: 36
Runs: 2199
Avg: 81.44
SR: 99.41
100s : 9
50s: 11
Best: 154*#INDvNZ— JSK (@imjsk27) October 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cric_Stat/status/924597514392584197
Two world records created by Virat Kohli as skipper. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/SIiBCmWO4Z
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 29, 2017
Most 2000+ International runs in a Calendar year for India:
5 ~ Sachin
4 ~ Kohli
3 ~ Dravid
3 ~ Ganguly— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 29, 2017
No. of inns to 20 100s as captain across all formats:
93 Kohli
164 Ponting
227 G Smith#IndvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 29, 2017
Is @imVkohli the Greatest ever 50 over Batsmen !??? I wouldn’t argue against it ….
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 29, 2017
Modern day player yes! But @sachin_rt and @ivivianrichards would have loved the free hit and power plays of today’s game! https://t.co/towsSXZYtW
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) October 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/iam_anser/status/924604558550056965
Terrific effort, @imVkohli! Congratulations on your century and on becoming the fastest to reach to 9K runs. Wish you many more. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/QrUEFQYhaY
— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) October 29, 2017
Great knock by India’s Hitman! @ImRo45 congrats on yet another 100…such clean hitting! ??????
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— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) October 29, 2017
?? Ring of immortality every time @imVkohli steps out to bat in ODIs. Superb century. Once again!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 29, 2017
Very rarely do you reach a state when your reaction after someone getting a 100 is … Thik hein,pata tha!What a player! @imVkohli #IndvsNz
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) October 29, 2017
Excellent innings from Kohli. He’s getting hundreds like we used to put tally marks in stats.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 29, 2017
Virat Kohli has smashed 49* international tons thus far. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/FoNfNEpIcv
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Madan_Chikna/status/924593285242507264
Records never seem to cease, playing like a machine, all facets of the game covered,hats off …#ViratKohli #INDvsNZ
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) October 29, 2017
Witnessed a serious display from @ImRo45 and @imVkohli wow ??? hopefully the boys can pull it back from here! #INDvsNZ
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) October 29, 2017
What a player, what an incredible player. Hats off on another 100 , @imVkohli . No words to describe the amazing consistency.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cric_Stat/status/924597932057247744
Only the second time in his career Trent Boult has gone wicket-less in successive ODIs. Overall 10th time in 54 ODIs. #IndvsNZ
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 29, 2017
