Twitter salutes Virat Kohli for his 40th ODI hundred

India captain, Virat Kohli, on Tuesday scored his 40th ODI hundred as the batting epitome mastered the innings for India despite struggling batting show in the ongoing second match against Australia at Nagpur. He reached his hundred in 44th over of the innings with a four over point region off Coulter-Nile's bowling.

India, earlier, lost the toss and Australians put them to bat first. Making most of the new ball, Pat Cummins removed opener, Rohit Sharma for a duck in the very first over. Pertinently, the hosts kept losing wickets from one end while Kohli made sure to keep the runs coming from the other side. Dhawan had a one more disappointing day, departing for 21 runs while Rayudu also made paltry 17.

The right-handed batsman formed a brilliant 91-run stand with Vijay Shankar for the sixth wicket. However, Shankar, after playing a dazzling 46 runs knock, lost his wicket in a bizarre way as he sacrificed his wicket for Virat. Meanwhile, Adam Zampa made the things even disastrous for India by taking two in two, hence putting them to back foot at 171-6. He removed Jadhav and MS Dhoni in consecutive deliveries.

It was Ravindra Jadeja who gave some support to Kohli. He also formed a crucial partnership of 67 runs, amid which Virat reached his 40th ODI ton and hence took India to 250 runs total. The Delhi-born cricketer is now just 9 centuries away to catch the Sachin Tendulkar who holds the record of most ODI hundreds.

Meanwhile, Twitterati lauded Virat for his yet another fabulous knock. From cricketers to pundits, everyone came with a bucket of praises for the modern-day cricket legend who is well on his way to cement himself as perhaps the best of all time.

Here are some of the top Tweets:

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I mean he is only 9 ODI tons away from Sachin. ONLY EFFING NINE!Take a bow, tie, suit everything - @imVkohli

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 5, 2019

Kohli. ODI Cricket. GOAT. #INDvAUS

— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) March 5, 2019

Top innings. Another day at work. Century for Virat Kohli. 40 in 224 innings is an unreal stat.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 5, 2019

Barring handy support from Vijay Shankar, this has been a stupendous one-man show by @imVkohli. India could conceivably get to 300!if he bats till the end which would be extremely daunting for Aus batting second

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 5, 2019

Virat Kohli will have 50 ODI hundreds by year end. #INDvAUS

— Jamie Alter (@alter_jamie) March 5, 2019

Well Played Virat 116(120)🙌When no1 stood there for long, he once again performed and helped India get a respectable total😇When he got out, his face says it all. He still wanted to score runs🙂Very Well Played @imVkohli 👏🙏🇮🇳#INDvAUS #AUSvIND

— Aparna🇮🇳 (@imAPramanik) March 5, 2019

Well played @imVkohli 👏👏40th 💯 in ODIs65th in International cricket18th as captain in ODIs36th as captain in International7th against Australia ODI#INDvAUS #BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/YSZCXNQpyN

— RocKy Edward..💔🇮🇳🏏 (@imRockylahariya) March 5, 2019

Nailed it yet again! Congratulations @imVkohli This is Kohli's 40th Century in ODI you truly are a motivation love you virat❤#AUSvIND#ViratKohli #KingKohli pic.twitter.com/CKHn7hu623

— ❤Ҡıٳٳɛř ŋơơřıŋ Ҡɧąŋ ❤ (@NoorinKhan15) March 5, 2019

When people ask me How many times Kohli is a better ODI PLAYER than Sachin?pic.twitter.com/HrGWGRr1MR

— Freak (@strangerrr_18) March 5, 2019

I mean, Kohli's last 10 hundreds came in his last 25 innings. That is just ridiculous. Otherworldly.

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 5, 2019

Kohli. Not human. 👏🏻 Time to fight @cricketcomau !! #INDvsAUS 🏏

— Erin Holland (@erinvholland) March 5, 2019

Sources: Virat Kohli looking to break Sachin's ODI record by early 2020.

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 5, 2019