After facing huge defeat at Birmingham and Lord’s, Indian team led by Virat Kohli were under pressure to perform at Trent Bridge. After failing to deliver with the bat in the 2nd test, the Indian batsmen made a great comeback in 3rd one while Virat Kohli smashed his 2nd century of the series.
In the 1st innings, Virat Kohli 97 and Ajinkaye Rahane 81 gave India the much-needed start at the beginning of the match. Well, the 159 run-partnership for the 4th wicket helped India to post a competitive total of 329 runs.
England who has already won 2 matches were looking helpless in the 3rd test as Indian bowling completely destroyed the England batting line-up and restricted them to 161, giving the visitors a first-innings lead of 168.
Hats off to Virat Kohli
Kohli who was slammed for his poor performance in 2014 England series has made a great comeback as a captain while playing in the same country. Despite playing in unfavourable conditions, the skipper has made batting look so easy as he scored his 23rd Test century.
Though he missed out the century in the first innings by just 3 runs after he was dismissed by Adil Rashid decided to fulfill his desire in the 2nd innings by smashing 103.
Meanwhile, it was Cheteshwar Pujara, who along with the Indian skipper build a strong partnership while in the end, it was Hardik Pandya’s blazing 52 which enabled India to declare on 352 for 7.
Chasing 521 runs, England is now at 23/0 at the end of Day 3.
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Now, Kohli’s hundred have received a lot of praise from the netizens as well as the former cricketers. Check out their tweets:
Another sublime knock by @imVkohli and a gritty one by @cheteshwar1. #TeamIndia in a really strong position to finish the game now. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/MvF7bvpBTZ
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 20, 2018
He is no question at all the best player in the world … @imVkohli … #100 #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 20, 2018
We have all gotten so used to Virat Kohli scoring 100’s. Have a feeling he will cherish this one a lot once we win this Test match.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 20, 2018
Hunger & Discipline. That’s what separates him from the rest. Kohli’s indeed the best batsman on the planet across three formats… #23 #ModernMaster
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 20, 2018
The exceptional rate of conversion continues. Makes a statement like a boss. Kohli scored 692 in the 4 tests in Australia in 2014. And looks like he will score in excess of that in the 5 tests here. What a turnaround after the difficult 2014 here. Stuff of champions.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 20, 2018
We all are in 21st century but @imVkohli has already reached 23rd century. Way ahead of time 😉 Congrats Bro #ENGvIND
— Siddharth Kaul (@sidkaul22) August 20, 2018
Anushka Sharma has some super powers to reach whenever Virat Kohli is about to score a century. #ENGvIND Congrats on 23rd Test Century
— Deepak Agarwal (@_deepakagarwal) August 20, 2018
2nd Hundred of the series for @imVkohli .! 23rd overall #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/OxUYFFh1ne
— ಹರ್ಷ 🐼 (@grharsh) August 20, 2018
can we please en the discussion who is the better – sachin or virat kohli??
Virat Kohli is phenomenal.
97 in first Innings,
Hundred in second innings,
23rd Hundred in 118 innings.
Greatest Player .— Purushottam (@kala_rang) August 20, 2018
@imVkohli pic.twitter.com/keXKXsNYrB
— Ráman (@Raman__R1JOT) August 20, 2018
"Well played" & "very well thrown away" by Virat Kohli,just 4 overs away from the new ball.
😤
So unlike Kohli. pic.twitter.com/ahWQp4bdoD— Neelang Dave (@neelang_dave) August 18, 2018
The #ViratKohli masterclass! #BattingMachine
— Siba Mohanty (@Siba_TNIE) August 20, 2018
Yet another great innings by #ViratKohli and it's number 23.
Keep going champ.#INDvsENG— Vivek Singh (@singhvivek83) August 20, 2018
KING KOHLI 👏👏👏👏👏100 @TrentBridge take a bow @imVkohli #ENGvIND 3rd test @BCCI
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 20, 2018
Check out the match highlights:
Indeed, Virat Kohli has made us proud with his special knock and we believe India can definitely win this match. Well, we are waiting for the moment to come.
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