5 amazing Virat Kohli centuries which came in successful ODI chases

Here are the five brilliant centuries from Virat Kohli in ODI chases where Indian team won.

122 vs England, Pune, 2017

Virat Kohli took India to a victory in a chase of 350 runs from 50/4 with a brilliant 122 | AFPEngland had batted first on a batting beauty at the MCA stadium in Pune and put on 350/7 in 50 overs. Jason Roy, Joe Root, and Ben Stokes starred with impressive half-centuries as the visiting side ripped apart the Indian bowling to shreds.

In reply, the terrific batting line up of India was supposed to chase the total down without much fuss. But David Willey and Ben Stokes struck early to leave India 63/4 with KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, and MS Dhoni falling for single-digit scores and Yuvraj Singh making 15.

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Virat Kohli then took the lead in the chase along with Kedar Jadhav, as both of them took the attack to England bowlers. The duo added 200 runs for the fifth wicket in 24 overs, with Kohli taking the anchoring role and making 122 in 105 balls with 5 sixes and 8 fours. One of his memorable shot was a six off Chris Woakes, a shot that was the perfect mix of a flick and a short-arm jab.

Kedar Jadhav hit a brutal 120 in 76 balls with 12 fours and 4 sixes and Hardik Pandya slammed 40* in 37 balls as India reached the target with three wickets in hand and almost two overs to spare. Kohli was named Man of the Match for his amazing knock.

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 17 Mar, 2020

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