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The Indian team achieved the target of 321 runs by losing three wickets in 36.4 overs.
On 12 February 2012 in Hobart, Virat Kohli played an inning against Sri Lanka in the ODI format which people have not forgotten till now. Before this match against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli had touched the figure of 3100 runs in 81 matches which included 8 centuries.
However, Virat Kohli won the hearts of many people with his batting in this match against Sri Lanka. The 11th match of the Commonwealth Bank Series was played between Sri Lanka and India. In this match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 320 runs losing four wickets.
On behalf of the team, Kumar Sangakkara scored 105 runs in 87 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes, while T. Dilshan played an incredible inning of 160* runs in 165 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes. Mahela Jayawardene contributed 22 runs. For the Indian team, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket each.
In reply, the Indian team achieved the target of 321 runs by losing three wickets in 36.4 overs. Openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar gave a very good start and scored 54 runs in 6 overs. Sachin Tendulkar scored 39 runs in this match while Virender Sehwag played a stormy inning of 30 runs.
Virat Kohli played a tremendous innings
On this day eight years ago, Virat Kohli produced a truly absurd ODI knock in Hobart. One of the great highlights packages. pic.twitter.com/3n6IquzIhW
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 28, 2020
However, after the fall of two wickets, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli made a very good partnership and made a partnership of 115 runs for the third wicket. Both of them did not spare any Sri Lankan bowler and hit hard against all of them. In this match, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten match-winning inning of 133* runs in 86 balls with the help of 16 fours and 2 sixes.
Gautam Gambhir also supported Virat Kohli very well and scored 63 runs. Suresh Raina also made an important contribution of 40* runs. None of the Sri Lankan bowlers had any success in front of Virat Kohli. Not only this, Virat Kohli hit Lasith Malinga for 24 runs in the 35th over of the match.
