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‘Don’t think I’ve played at this level for 2-3 years’: Virat Kohli after player-of-the series performance | Cricket News

‘Don’t think I’ve played at this level for 2-3 years’: Virat Kohli after player-of-the series performance | Cricket News

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Virat Kohli feels the current form he is enjoying in ODI cricket is possibly the best he has played in the last “2-3 years”. The 37-year-old bludgeoned an unbeaten 65 in 45 balls to power India to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in the third ODI in Visakhapatnam, making light work of a target of 271 and thus sealing a 2-1 series win. The innings came after Kohli scored centuries in both of the previous matches of the series – a masterful 135 in Ranchi and 102 in Raipur, thus taking his career tally in the format to a scarcely believable 53 tons. “Honestly, just playing the way I have in this series has been the most satisfying thing for me. I don’t think I have played at this level for a good 2-3 years now and I feel really free in my mind,” said Kohli in the post-match presentation ceremony, in which he won the player of the series. Kohli’s tally for the series stood at 302 runs in three innings at an …

How Virat Kohli’s Ranchi hundred surged ticket sales for the Vizag game

How Virat Kohli’s Ranchi hundred surged ticket sales for the Vizag game

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A Virat Kohli century (centuries here) can change a lot of things. It can lift a nation’s mood, it can breathe life into a bilateral ODI series that no longer sways public appeal these days, and it can make tickets sell like hot cakes. The initial ticket sale for the Visakhapatnam ODI was cold, making the Andhra Cricket Association deliberate on selling tickets over the counter, having gone fully online this time. But following Kohli’s hundred in Ranchi on November 30, tickets were sold out in minutes after it went online on December 1 and 3. The price ranged from Rs 1,200 to 18,000, but nothing remained unsold. Y Venkatesh, who is part of Andhra Cricket Association’s Media and Operations team, reveals: “The first phase of tickets went on sale on November 28. The response wasn’t good. But a day before the second phase went on sale, Kohli scored that hundred at Ranchi. That changed everything. All of us know he has an outstanding record here… so when the second and third phase tickets went …

Virat Kohli gets rolling in Ranchi, rolls back years with 52nd ODI ton

Virat Kohli gets rolling in Ranchi, rolls back years with 52nd ODI ton

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At MS Dhoni’s hometown, they set the bar high for their heroes. On the long walk to the stadium, fans in India blues articulated their wishes to reporters and influencers eager to capture the voice of the people. With 18 or 45 printed on their back, they wanted the men who have made those numbers iconic — Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma — hit sixes and hundreds, too. They got what they wished, almost. Virat Kohli finished on 135 from 120 ba lls, Rohit Sharma scored 57 from 51 balls. And between them, they hit 16 sixes. Virat’s 52nd ODI ton and Rohit overtaking Shahid Afridi to become the highest six-hitter ever were the entertaining outcomes that took India to 349 for eight against South Africa in the opening match of the ODI series. Their 136-run partnership, after the unbeaten 168-run stand they put up last month against Australia in the last ODI India played, had turned back the clock. Of late, the batting stars, in their late 30s, had been asked to play domestic …