Virat Kohli ends his century drought with a bang, scores 122 runs in 61 balls.
Last Updated: 09.16 PM, Sep 08, 2022
"The King has returned" is what is trending on Twitter after former India skipper Virat Kohli smashes 53-ball 100 in India's last game against Afghanistan.
He scored 122 runs - his first 100 in T20 cricket. This is Kohli's first century in 84 innings in international cricket.
Virat Kohli scored an international century after:
1020 days
2 years, 9 months, 16 days
33 months, 16 days
145 weeks and 5 days
Seeing the No 3 batter smash a ton got netizens excited as Kohli finally achieved his 71st century.
Earlier, skipper Rohit Sharma was rested and the game saw KL Rahul open the game with Kohli. The pair added over 119 runs for the opening wicket and later saw Kohli taking India's score to 212 for 2 wickets.
Fareed Ahmad removed Rahul on 62(41) and then went to remove Suryakumar Yadav in the same over.