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ASIA CUP 2022

Virat Kohli finds his touch with a ton

as Men in Blue go back home

Team India got knocked out of Asia Cup after losing two Super Four games to Pakistan and Sri Lanka

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irat Kohli on Thursday scored
the highest individual score
Vby an Indian player in T20 in-
ternational cricket. The star Indian
batter accomplished this landmark
during the Super Four clash against
Afghanistan at the ongoing Asia
Cup 2022. Virat finally completed his
much-anticipated 71st century. He
smashed an unbeaten 122 in just 61
balls with 12 balls and six sixes.
He has overtaken the score of
118 posted by Rohit Sharma against
Sri Lanka in 2017. It is followed by
117 by Suryakumar Yadav against En-
gland in 2022, Rohit Sharma’s 111 not
out against West Indies in 2018 and
an unbeaten 110 by KL Rahul against
West Indies in 2016.
Coming to the match, Star Indi-
an batter Virat Kohli completed his
much-anticipated 71st international
century and powered India to a mas-
sive 212/2 in their 20 overs during Virat Kohli celebrates his century
their last Super Four clash against
Afghanistan at the ongoing Asia Cup
2022 on Thursday. Pant (20*). Fareed Malik took 2/57 bonus for us. He must be pleased same for him. But, we are obsessed
Put to bat first by Afghanistan, for Afghanistan. Virat finally com- with his batting today. He has been with numbers. His contributions over
openers KL Rahul and Virat Kohli pleted his much-anticipated 71st cen- working on his game since the last 2-3 the last 2-3 years are still phenome-
got Team India off to a great start. Vi- tury. series and it has come off beautifully. nal. He is still among the top two or
rat and KL continued their domina- KOHLI SCORING RUNS IS HUGE If you play 2-3 innings like this, you three run-getters in white-ball crick-
tion over Afghanistan, even after the get confidence. Happy he could play et,” he added.
powerplay. The duo kept the score- BONUS: KL RAHUL that way. It is not like he can hit hun- About his team’s performance in
board running at a good speed. At the ollowing his side’s 101-run win dreds only when he is opening. If he Asia Cup 2022, which saw them get-
end of 10 overs, India stood at 87/0, over Afghanistan in their final can bat at number three then also, he ting knocked out of the competition
with Rahul (42*) and Virat (44*). FSuper Four clash at Asia Cup can score centuries and it is about the during the Super Four phase, he said
Virat brought up his 33rd role the team wants him to play. To- that the side was trying to challenge it-
half-century in the format with a sin- 2022, Indian stand-in skipper KL Ra- day he played his role beautifully. He self by batting first even though teams
hul said that Virat Kohli scoring runs
gle. KL Rahul helped the team cross is a huge bonus for the side and his will play his next role in the next series batting second earned more wins in
100-run mark with a four in 11.2 overs work ethic, attitude and mindset did with good performances, no question UAE conditions.
and scored another four on the next not change for those two and half mark about that,” said Rahul during a NO NEED TO OVERREACT:
ball to bring up his fifty. years or so when he could not score post-match press conference.
Medium-pacer Fareed Malik “That celebration (by Virat on his RAHUL DRAVID
ended the 119-run stand between the a century. century) was more of a relief. There ndia head coach Rahul Dravid
A century by Virat Kohli and a
duo in the 13th over, dismissing Ra- five-wicket haul by pacer Bhuvnesh- was no difference in his mindset, at- said on Thursday that losing a
hul for 62 off 41 balls after the batter war Kumar helped Team India crush titude and work ethic during these Icouple of games on a difficult sur-
was caught by Najibullah Zadran at Afghanistan by 101 runs in their Su- last two years or so when he could not face does not make the team terrible
long-on. per Four clash at Asia Cup 2022 and score a century. It was the same, the and there is no need to overreact to
India finished its innings at 212/2, desire and passion to win matches for
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with Virat Kohli (122*) and Rishabh end their campaign on a winning his country have always remained the things. Continued at next page... >>
note. “Virat scoring runs is a huge
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