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Skipper Virat Kohli's birthday wish for wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni became the most retweeted sports-related post of 2019, Twitter India revealed on Tuesday. (Photo:Twitter)

Virat Kohli's B'day wish to MS Dhoni most retweeted sports post of 2019!

On July 7, Kohli wished Dhoni, saying he will forever be his skipper. This post of Kohli garnered almost 46,000 retweets.

10 Dec 2019 3:40 PM

Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has great feelings in sharing a record with team India captain Virat Kohli. (Photo:AFP)

Great feelings to share record with Virat Kohli: Mohammad Nabi

Both Nabi and Kohli have won the Player of the Match awards 12 times in the T20Is.

10 Dec 2019 12:59 PM

Indian captain Virat Kohli criticised his teammates' fielding performance in the second T20 International against the West Indies, saying they need to be more 'brave' or else no amount of runs would be defend-able. Washington Sundar, at mid-off, and Rishbh Pant, behind the stumps, dropped catches off successive deliveries from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners by Lendl Simmons (67 no off 45 balls), Evin Lewis (40 off 35 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (38 no off 18 balls). (Photo:AP)

Virat Kohli urges Indian fielders to be more 'brave' or leak runs

Kohli also felt that a below-par batting performance in the final four overs cost them dearly.

09 Dec 2019 2:49 PM

Washington drops a catch, as West Indies' Lendl Simmons gets a lifeline, which helps him to thrash India by eight wickets to level the three-match T20I series 1-1. For someone who often leads by example, India captain Virat Kohli is appalled by the team’s sloppy fielding against West Indies and wants them to fix the problem in the build-up to next year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. (Photo:AP)

Virat Kohli asks butterfingered Indian fielders to get a grip on catching woes

India, who had dropped five catches in the series opener on Friday, spilled three more on Sunday to allow Windies to level the series 1-1.

09 Dec 2019 12:12 PM

India skipper Virat Kohli has surpassed Rohit Sharma as the leading run-scorer in the T20I format. (Photo:PTI)

Virat Kohli surpasses Rohit Sharma, becomes leading run-scorer in T20I

Kohli now has 2,563 runs in 69 innings while Rohit scored 2,562 runs in 95 innings.

09 Dec 2019 9:33 AM

Virat Kohli hits Kesrick Williams for a maximum and then imitated the bowler’s famous notebook celebration to “tick” Kesrick’s name off.

Virat’s ‘notebook’ celebration

Cricket lovers would remember Williams making a similar gesture while celebrating his dismissals, and that of Virat in Jamaica in 2017.

09 Dec 2019 5:18 AM

If Virat is bad, he’s your dad

Besides his dismissal of Virat during the Jamaica matchin 2017, Williams is also known to have celebrated, in the similar manner.

09 Dec 2019 5:17 AM

BCCI’s planning is haphazard

To engage with the Windies in yet another international series featuring three T20s and ODIs a few months later is a senseless exercise.

09 Dec 2019 1:05 AM

India’s captain Virat Kohli says his priority is to help India win matches than just play ‘slam-bang cricket’ for the sake of entertaining the crowd in the Twenty20 game. (Photo:Twitter)

Virat Kohli says he would rather finish than entertain

Kohli produced a batting masterclass in 1st T20I match against WI, smashing a career-best 94 not out to help India chase a 200-plus target.

08 Dec 2019 3:33 PM

Defensive play is anathema to T20 and dot balls a crime

Unlike many of them, however, Kohli’s ambition comes without disguise.

08 Dec 2019 3:03 AM

Captain Kohli yet to scale peak in fitness, says Shankar Basu

Basu said Kohli has an insatiable appetite for achieving excellence in whatever he does.

08 Dec 2019 2:59 AM

Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday labelled skipper Virat Kohli's performance in the first T20I of the three-match series as 'extraterrestrial'. (Photo: AFP)

R Ashwin labels Virat Kohli's performance against Windies as 'extraterrestrial'

Kohli had played a match-winning knock of 94 runs against West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday to take the side 1-0 up in the 3 match series.

07 Dec 2019 1:42 PM

After seeing Amitabh Bachchan's message regarding his knock against West Indies, Indian skipper Virat Kohli thanked the Bollywood star and called him an inspiration. (Photo: PTI)

'Love this dialogue, you are an inspiration': Virat Kohli to Amitabh Bachchan

Bachchan had warned everyone to not mess with Kohli as he always manages to make the opponent pay on the field.

07 Dec 2019 12:23 PM

Amitabh Bachchan used his dialogue from the cult movie 'Amar Akbar Anthony' to come up with an analogy to describe Virat Kohli's attitude. (Photo: Twitter)

'Don't mess with Virat Kohli', warns Amitabh Bachchan

In the match, Kohli was seen imitating Windies' bowler Kesrick Williams's trademark celebration style.

07 Dec 2019 11:06 AM

Virat Kohli said while chasing a big total, there were a lot of distractions with the scoreboard pressure, but after playing a few dots, he began to settle down and got himself into shape to play the shots. (Photo: PTI)

'I'm not someone who hits in air to entertain crowd, I focus on winning matches': Virat Kohli

Kohli played a sublime innings of career-best 94 not out in India's six-wicket win over West Indies in the first T20 International.

07 Dec 2019 10:54 AM

Skipper Virat Kohli stamped his authority with yet another sublime innings of career-best 94 not out as India pulled off their highest successful run chase in a T20 International to beat West Indies by six wickets in the first match here on Friday. (Photo: Twitter)

Virat Kohli leads from the front as India beat West Indies by 6 wickets

KL Rahul also struck an impressive 62 off just 40 balls to help India chase down the target of 208 with eight balls to spare.

07 Dec 2019 10:38 AM

Virat Kohli celebrates after guiding India home. (Photo: P Surendra)

Virat Kohli cracks the whip

Career-best T20 knock from Virat helps India pull off their highest run chase.

07 Dec 2019 1:18 AM

India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to field against the West Indies in the first T20I here on Friday. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

IND vs WI 1st T20: Virat Kohli wins toss, elect to field against West Indies

06 Dec 2019 7:04 PM

India will experiment less and look to play their best Twenty20 side with just over 10 months left before the T20 World Cup, captain Virat Kohli said at Hyderabad on the eve of a three-match series against West Indies on Thursday. (Photo:AFP)

India will experiment less and play best before the 2020 T20I WC: Virat Kohli

Kohli’s men are number 1 in Tests and number 2 in the ODIs but the inaugural T20 World Champs are ranked 5th in the world in the T20I.

06 Dec 2019 12:58 PM

Rishabh Pant is all ears to former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin in Hyderabad on Thursday. (Photo: P Surendra)

Virat Kohli throws his weight behind under-fire Rishabh Pant

Kohli also hinted that India’s pace pack was almost settled with Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami in.

06 Dec 2019 4:10 AM

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