Rohit Sharma struck 147, Virat Kohli made 113 and the pair stitched together a partnership of 230 runs for the second wicket to help India post 337 in the must-win match against New Zealand in Kanpur.
Having been asked to bat first in the final ODI of the three-match series, it was pivotal for India to amass a big total. The opening batsman and the skipper took the responsibility and played one of the best innings of their ODI career.
Both the innings had everything a cricket fan wants to see: elegance, maturity and big-hitting.
It was Kohli’s 32 ODI ton and the batsman received massive applause on Twitter.
Sixth ODI hundred for Virat Kohli in 2017:
+ Most by him a year (PRE: Five in 2012)+ Most by a captain in a year (PRE: Five each by four other players)#INDvNZ— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 29, 2017
Most ODI 100s as captain in a calendar year
VIRAT KOHLI – 6Ponting (twice), G Smith, ABD and Ganguly – 5 each#INDvNZ— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) October 29, 2017
Twitterati also hailed Rohit for his 15th ODI ton.
Kane Williamson: Guys we need wicket .
NZ Bowlers : #indvsnz #IndvNZ3rd ODI Rohit Sharma pic.twitter.com/Z7jaylLB7s— Boring… (@graphicalcomic) October 29, 2017