Virat Kohli completes 12 years in international cricket: Netizens pay tribute to cricketer

On August 18, 2008, Virat Kohli me his debut for Indian cricket team. Virat Kohli h come into side having led India to a U-19 World Cup victory in Malaysia. With RCB captain completing 12 years in international cricket on Tuesday, several fans and members of cricket fraternity took to social media to celebrate cricketer's career.

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Virat Kohli debut 

Virat Kohli me his debut for India at senior level in 2008, when batsman was part of side that toured Sri Lanka. RCB batsman h interestingly opened batting on his debut in absence of seasoned campaigners Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, with his partner being his Delhi senior Gautam Gambhir.

However, Virat Kohli on his debut scored just 12 runs off 22 balls. player, who spent 33 minutes at crease, as dismissed as he was trapped LBW by Nuwan Kulasekara. batsman’s debut for India ended in a losing cause as well, as Sri Lanka won match by 8 wickets in a dominating victory.

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Fans react to Kohli milestone

As Virat Kohli completed 12 years in international cricket on Tuesday, his IPL team RCB took to social media to celebrate occasion as well. Sharing a poster featuring different moments from RCB captain’s career, team’s social media handles mentioned that Virat Kohli has evolved from an ambitious cricketer to one of best batsmen game has ever seen. Virat Kohli will next be seen leing RCB in IPL 2020, as batsman seeks to end team’s drought and guide m to ir first title.

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Several or fans paid ir tributes to Virat Kohli as well. Cricket enthusiasts shared several records held by cricketer to celebrate occasion, using hashtag #12YearsofViratKohli to make ir posts. Many fans also mentioned cricketer’s outstanding record while chasing totals, sharing ir favourite memories from best Virat Kohli chases. Supporters of RCB captain also took to Twitter to share clips of best shots played by Virat Kohli, while ar fan created a coll of his favourite kcks played by cricketer.

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Kohli centuries stats

Ar fan while paying his tribute to Virat Kohli’s international career mentioned how cricketer will soon break records held by Sachin Tendulkar. Currently, Virat Kohli has 43 centuries to his name and is just six centuries away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI record. player also has 27 Test centuries to his name in international cricket. 

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