Virat Kohli Ended Century Drought, Twitterati Go Crazy as Run-Machine Scores His 71st International Century and Maiden T20I Ton

India’s run-machine Virat Kohli finally got the monkey off his back as he ended century drought in a super four match against Afghanistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday, September 08 2022.

Ex-Indian skipper single-handedly took the game away from the Afghanistan team and led his team to convincingly win by a huge margin of 101 runs.  

Finally, finally – Virat Kohli’s luck went his way and he roared after 1020 days long wait. 

It was the second ball of the 19th over, King Kohli hammered the short ball into the stands with a powerful pull shot. 

Virat did not allow to settle any Afghan bowler till the last ball of the first innings, smashed  122* off just 61 balls with the help of eighteen boundaries ( 4sx12  6sx6). 

Watch India vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022 Highlights:

Match Summary: 

INDIA 212/2 (20) AFGHANISTAN 111/8 (20) 

India won by 101 runs

POTM: Virat Kohli 

Virat Kohli 122* (61) 4sx12  6sx6

KL Rahul 62 (41) 4sx6  6sx2

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-1-4-5) 

Ibrahim Zadran 64 (59) 4sx4  6sx2

Here’s How Twitterati go crazy after Virat Kohli’s First T20I 100 and 71st International century: