When 23-year-old Virat eliminated Malinga’s fear, proved his mettle in the cricket world, gave Team India an impossible victory

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|10-09-2024

Team India: Virat Kohli, who is called the king of the cricket world, will now be seen playing in the 2 Test match series to be played with Bangladesh. Virat Kohli is now 34 years old. But ever since he stepped into cricket, his bat has always spewed fire. Due to which Kohli became the greatest batsman of modern cricket.

Virat Kohli now has 50 centuries in ODIs. Which is a world record. Let us tell you that Kohli has played many great innings in his career. But at the age of just 23, Kohli has made Team India win a match in which India's victory seemed impossible.

Kohli had hit a stormy century

When 23-year-old Virat ended Malinga's fear, proved his mettle in the cricket world, gave Team India an impossible victory 1

Let us tell you that we are talking about the Commonwealth Bank series played in Australia in 2012 in which apart from Team India, Sri Lanka and Australia were also involved.

In this tournament, the match between India and Sri Lanka was played at the Hobart ground.

During this match, 23-year-old batsman Virat Kohli scored a century while batting in a stormy manner. Kohli scored an unbeaten 133 runs in just 86 balls. In his innings, King Kohli hit 16 fours and 2 sixes. Kohli batted at a strike rate of 154 in this match.

Malinga was made a ghost

Even the best batsman is scared of the bowling of former Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga. In 2012, Malinga was in great form.

But Virat Kohli made Malinga look like a ghost on the Hobart ground.

Because, in this do or die match, Kohli had thrashed Malinga fiercely. Due to which the fear of Malinga's bowling also ended. In this match, Malinga gave 96 runs in 7.4 overs and got only 1 wicket.

India had achieved the impossible victory

The match played between India and Sri Lanka in the Commonwealth Bank Series was a do or die match for India. Because, to make it to the finals, Team India had to win this match with a good run rate. Due to which India's path was not easy.

Sri Lanka batted first and scored 320 runs in 50 overs.

Whereas India had to win this match in 40 overs to reach the final. Due to Kohli's explosive innings, India won this match in just 36.4 overs. Due to which India's hopes of reaching the final remained alive.

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