Virat Kohli hailed by former cricketers for 'run-machine' like form

Virat Kohli was hailed by both former and present cricketers after his fantastic kck of 254 runs on Day two against South Africa in second Test in Pune. Virat Kohli broke many records and surpassed likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag as he registered his seventh double-hundred in Tests, most by any Indian batsman until w. Former Indian Test cricketer VVS Laxman lauded Virat Kohli's execution and said that younger generation of cricketers had loads to learn from Virat Kohli. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to congratulate run machine Virat Kohli for his kck of 254 runs. Limited overs opener Shikhar Dhawan congratulated Virat Kohli for his stupendous innings and for a record number of double tons. Earlier, Virat Kohli was hailed by netizens as a 'selfless skipper' for declaring game at fall of Ravindra Jadeja wicket instead of aiming to get to 300 runs as he had 18 overs left. 

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Cricketers hail Virat Kohli's kck

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Virat Kohli scores 250, goes past Tendulkar

Resuming his innings on Day two, skipper Virat Kohli played a magnificent kck en route to 250 runs and received good support from Ravindra Jadeja on or end. Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed for 59 runs following which Indian skipper stepped on accelerator and quickly went from scoring a 100 to a 200 and finally a 250. On or hand, Ravindra Jadeja narrowly missed out on his century by just nine runs as he fell prey to South Africa's Senuran Muthuswamy. Skipper Virat Kohli was hailed as a selfless skipper by fans for declaring innings at fall of Jadeja's wicket instead of pursuing his maiden score of 300 runs as re were still 18 overs left for day. Virat Kohli's latest kcks takes his Test tally to 7054 runs, averaging 55.11 with seven double-hundreds to his name. Virat Kohli also broke Australian legend Don Bradman's record of scoring most number of 150-run kcks as a captain as he registered ninth 150-run score of his career as opposed to Bradman's eight.  

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Virat Kohli 7000: Milestone Man

Virat Kohli reached milestone of 7000 in his 138th innings. Only Wally Hammond, Virender Sehwag, and Sachin Tendulkar have reached milestone quicker than him. Virat’s Innings was laced with 33 fours and 2 sixes. He also went past 21,000 International runs, furr confirming his status as one of best players of modern era. Virat Kohli yesterday became only second Indian captain to lead country in 50 Test matches, first being his predecessor MS Dhoni. Kohli also broke record of most 150+ scores as captain- today’s kck being his 9th- going past Don Bradman’s eight. Kohli got lucky after he was dismissed off Senuran Muthusamy, which was later adjudged as a -ball.

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