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Former Indian captain Virat Kohli played his 100th Test recently against Sri Lanka. India defeated Sri Lanka by 222 runs in the 1st clash in Mohali.

Meanwhile, following the conclusion of the contest, Kohli gifted his jersey to one of his die-hard fan Dharmveer Pal. Dharmveer, a specially-abled man is also known as the unofficial 12th man of the Indian team and travels alongside the national team for most matches across India and even on foreign tours at times. 

After the match got over, Kohli, before boarding the team bus, was seen gifting Dharmveer his jersey as a special gesture. Soon the clip went viral and fans hailed the 33-year-old for his gesture. 29-year-old Dharmveer Pal has become known as India’s most loyal cricket fan, thanks to his love for the game. He contracted polio at eight months of age, which didn’t stop him from following his passion for cricket.

Dharamveer Pal revealed in an old interview that BCCI had given him accreditation in 2006 and Yuvraj Singh had promised that the Indian team will sponsor him for every match. He was often seen sitting near the boundary ropes and cheering for the Indian team.

Talking about the match, Batting first, India posted 574-8 (d) on the scoreboard. Hanuma Virari slammed 58 runs while Virat Kohli scored 45. Rishabh Pant played a fabulous knock of 96 runs. Ravindra Jadeja slammed a marvellous unbeaten 175 run-knock to take India to a giant total. Ravichandran Ashwin also contributed important 61 runs. Meanwhile, facing a follow-on, Sri Lanka had a lead of 400 runs ahead of the 2nd innings. In the 2nd innings, they got out for 178. Ravindra Jadeja came out with an exceptional 4-wicket haul. Ravichandran Ashwin also picked 4 wickets.

India completed a dominating win by an innings and 222 runs over Sri Lanka on Day 3 in Mohali to go 1-0 up in the two-match Test series. Ravindra Jadeja scored unbeaten 175 and snared nine wickets across both innings.

India enforced the follow-on after bowling out Sri Lanka for just 174 in first innings. India got as many as 16 wickets on the third day to wrap up the match with a cumulative bowling effort of 125 overs across two innings. Sri Lanka could only manage 178 in their second innings. For India, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets each while Mohammed Shami also picked up a couple. 

Meanwhile, former captain Virat Kohli was seen doing the ‘Pushparaj Thaggede Le’ step during the first Test match. In his 100th Test, Kohli was captured by the cameraman doing the now viral step. He has now joined the trend and he was spotted doing the ‘Pushparaj Thaggede Le’ step when India were inching closer to the victory against Sri Lanka in the first Test.

Talking about the match, Rishabh Pant also scored a counter-attacking 96 while Hanuma Vihari, who was promoted up the order, also hit a fifty. Virat Kohli had also played a fine knock of 45 but he missed out on a big score on his 100th Test. 

Former India captain Virat Kohli reached his 100th test match against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Kohli becomes the twelfth cricketer in the history of cricket to represent India in 100 test matches, however, a tweet predicting his accurate score and dismissal has gone viral on the internet.

Virat Kohli was able to score 45 runs off 76 balls in the first innings of his 100th Test cricket match and his innings consisted of 5 amazing fours. He looked in fine touch and played some great shots en route to his 45-run knock but failed to convert his start into a big score once again. He was dismissed  by Lasith Embuldeniya.

Meanwhile a tweet by a fan is going viral for it’s unbelievable similarity to what happened today on the field. The tweet predicted that Kohli will get out on 45(100) against Lasith Embuldeniya and the dismissal will be clean bold. The user also mentioned that Kohli will have a shocking face. The exact same thing happened on the ground. 

“Kohli won’t score a 100 in his 100th test. Will score 45 (100) with 4 gorgeous cover drives and then Embuldeniya will knock his stumps over and he’ll pretend to be shocked and will nod his head in disappointment,” the Twitter user wrote at 12:46 AM on Friday. As the prediction turned out to be true, the tweet went viral with several fans reacting to it.

This was the rarest of rare sporting predictions to come true with such unerring precision. The only part where the fangirl got slightly wrong is that Kohli didn’t face 100 but 76 deliveries and struck 5 and not 4 boundaries in his innings. 

Indian batsman Virat Kohli, who became the 12th Indian cricketer to feature in 100 Tests, was dismissed for 45 during the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka in Mohali on Friday. He couldn’t make the occasion an even more special one as he got out five runs short of his half century.

Former indian captain Virat Kohli  was sent off by Sri Lankan spinner Lasith Embuldeniya in the first innings of the match. After Mayank Agarwal’s wicket, Virat Kohli came out to bat to a standing ovation at Mohali Stadium. The right-handed batsman again looked in good form. However, in the 43rd over of India’s first inning, Lasith Embuldeniya hit a longer ball around his stump and spun on Virat Kohli’s bat, resulting in a clean pitch. Kohli scored 45 runs from 76 balls and hit 5 bounds during his tenure. Kohli couldn’t even touch the ball as his off-stump was disturbed.

India opted to bat first on what looked like a great pitch for batting.  India  off to a flying start with openers Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal attacking bowlers from the outset. The openers managed a 52-run stand before Rohit was dismissed for 29. India lost Mayank Agarwal for 33 ahead of Lunch. Kohli then combined with India’s new No.3 Hanuma Vihari to stitch a 90-run stand.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli achieved another milestone during Day 1 of the first Test match between India and Sri Lanka. Playing his 100th Test match, Kohli completed 8000 runs in Test cricket and becomes the 6th Indian batter to achieve the feat. Earlier, Kohli was felicitated by the BCCI on Friday commemorating his landmark 100th Test match.