{"id":2144,"date":"2021-02-15T16:05:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T10:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=93974"},"modified":"2021-02-15T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T10:35:28","slug":"ind-vs-eng-cricket-fraternity-applauded-virat-kohli-for-his-excellent-batting-on-tricky-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-eng-cricket-fraternity-applauded-virat-kohli-for-his-excellent-batting-on-tricky-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs ENG: Cricket Fraternity applauded Virat Kohli for his excellent batting on tricky pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On tricky pitch that has been turning since Day 1of the second Test between India and England, India skipper Virat Kohli put on a splendid showcase with the bat in the subsequent inning. After being dismissed for a duck in India\u2019s first inning, Kohli came out to bat in his group\u2019s second paper with wickets falling around him, however he remained watchful and along with an aggressive Ravichandran Ashwin, heaped on the misery for the team England extending India\u2019s lead to close to 400 runs before being trapped leg-before by Moeen Ali.<\/p>\n<p>A few current and previous players hailed Kohli for his \u201cmasterclass\u201d as he set out the anchor and showed incredible method and personality to remake India\u2019s inning.<\/p>\n<p>Former India batsman VVS Laxman tweeted, \u201cSometimes in Test Cricket a 50 you make in challenging condition and situation will be more satisfying than 200 you make on a flat pitch. I am sure this is one such innings for @imVkohli. A master class on how to play on a turning track.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes in Test Cricket a 50 you make in challenging conditions and situation will be more satisfying than a 200 you make on a flat pitch. I am sure this is one such innings for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> A master class on how to play on a turning track. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvsENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8NYs7fTMAk\">pic.twitter.com\/8NYs7fTMAk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VVSLaxman281\/status\/1361213759889416196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the greatest batter in the game of cricket playing right now- @imVkohli,\u201d wrote prior England captain Kevin Pietersen<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KP24\/status\/1361210956991369216?s=20<\/p>\n<p>Another former England captain Michael Vaughan tweeted, \u201cHe may not get a 100 but this @imVkohli innings has been an masterclass on this pitch \u2026 its already 100 balls of bating that all coaches should show players on how to play on a Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He may not get a 100 but this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> innings has been an masterclass on this pitch \u2026 its already 100 balls of batting that all coaches should show players on how to play on a Beach \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvsENG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelVaughan\/status\/1361208244258103302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Kohli was dismissed for 62, with India at 207\/5, after they took a 195-run first innings lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On tricky pitch that has been turning since Day 1of the second Test between India and England, India skipper Virat\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":25242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[883,309],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-moeen-ali","tag-ravichandran-ashwin"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}