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'Ek naya adhyaya likha'- Twitter reacts as fans vote Virat Kohli's hundred at Hobart as his best ODI hundred

A young Kohli he showed his class and abilities and played an excellent knock of unbeaten 133 runs just in 86 balls. The innings comprised 16 boundaries and 2 over-boundaries at a strike rate was 154.65

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Virat Kohli's Hobart Hundred voted best (Source: Twitter)

Virat Kohli has been a global icon in world cricket he has been one of the finest cricketers of this generation. The former India skipper was named as the man of the tournament in the recently concluded ODI World Cup 2023. Kohli was the highest run scorer in the mega event, with 765 runs in 11 matches at an average of 95.62 hitting three centuries in the marquee event. '

The 35-year-old batter has achieved many milestones in all formats of the game. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's 49th ODI century record in the semi-final against New Zealand scoring the 50th one at the Wankhede Stadium in front of his idol. Espncricinfo made a voting poll for Virat Kohli's best ODI innings so far out of the 8 hundred. The fans voted the best ODI innings for the former India captain was the Hobart 133 runs innings against Sri Lanka.

It beat the 183 runs against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2012, to win it. India was chasing a giant total of 321 runs against Sri Lanka’s brilliant bowling attack and the Men in Blue had to chase down the target by or under 40 overs to qualify for the finals of the Commonwealth Bank series. 

Virat Kohli's Hobart innings rated best 

While chasing Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar gave a good start. After the latter's dismissal, Kohli came to bat. A young Kohli he showed his class and abilities and played an excellent knock of unbeaten 133 runs just in 86 balls. The innings comprised 16 boundaries and 2 over-boundaries at a strike rate was 154.65 and made sure the two-time world champions were through to the final. He took experienced Lasith Malinga for 24 runs in one over.

The fans believed that this innings was more crucial than the innings of 183 runs against Pakistan in Mirpur in the Asia Cup and the Hobart innings got 64% of the votes in the final round. The batter is currently on break from white-ball cricket has will not be part of the ODI and T20I series against South Africa he will be back for the two-match Test series against the Proteas. 

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