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CHEEKY CHEEKU

It was the Australian summers of 2011-12. Team India had a tough time in the tour ,being humiliated by the Aussies .Adding fuel to the misery , MSD had a suspension due to slow over rate in the third test match.Viru took over the captaincy and when asked to bat second ,with a mighty score to negate ahead ,Indian batsmen fell cheaply for an yet another time in the tour .When Virat came into bat ,India had already lost the likes of Sehwag , Tendulkar and Dravid with a huge deficit of 500. But the way Kohli orchestrated his innings was a sheer masterclass.It all began with a fine flick towards the square leg which marked his arrival to the International level . He was authoritative with his shots,and he progressed well at his end while others were just a pack of cards for the Australian bowling unit,with Saha offering a bit of resistance.The pulls were executed well ,while the drives were elegant on the eye to watch. To me , it will be always remembered as one of the best innings of Kohli as he made a strong statement that verbals won't work with him. Though India couldn't avoid the defeat,this particular innings of Kohli could have given a mighty boost to him personally as he made Adelaide his dream venue,amazzing a total of 624 runs in 8 innings,which subsets three hundreds. Six years down the lane ,today he owns multiple accomplishments. I wish he maintains the same level of fitness , so that he can make more appearances and mark his name in many more records....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRAT KOHLI....

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