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00:00skipper in off the mark with an edge it's been quite an eventful over from
00:09me back at the same 12 runs of his first over and a wicked it's 47 for two big
00:16delivery the last one one 44
00:20hurried without Kohli good seam position as well perfect length the last two
00:25deliveries have been perfect in length without the third slip and that's
00:30something which has happened right from the word go
00:33Virat Kohli the new man in exceptional numbers you don't have to actually read
00:37them out and just self-explanatory there an average touching 55 26 hundreds 2250
00:45the conversion rate you talk about it and go on and on
00:55always a confident front foot and it's a confident drive
01:01the second boundary to Virat Kohli
01:11I wouldn't mind that at all so early in the name that is a cracking shot one of
01:16the signature shots of Virat Kohli beautifully played look at that feet
01:22movement the balance
01:30drifting away
01:33they will come back for two
01:36I think they're just looking at that they're getting some prodigious movement
01:40of the surface and trying to correct
01:48oh just linked into it
01:51nothing more than a lean
01:55gorgeous
02:03as the night is as the stadium is this is wonderful from Virat Kohli
02:08just a punch and admired it loves it
02:13and a skip from the skipper just to enjoy the shot
02:23when you time the cream of it applauded by the bowler as well
02:29oh the second time somebody has misfielded at the very same spot
02:36Ravindra Jadeja early on in the day
02:38the many in the comp box felt he should have played the first test match
02:44oh
02:51no luck for going good deliveries
02:52another boundary to Virat Kohli
02:54yeah
03:00nothing wrong with the delivery from Allah mean Hussain
03:04from Alamin Hussain
03:09maybe was caught in two minds whether the player to leave it in the end the
03:14ball getting hit the part of the bat and then this squeezes through that at
03:19that slip scored continuing with two slips in a gully there's no substitute
03:28allowed so why should a substitute be allowed that's a nice shot he must play
03:33that cover drive well extra cover drive I don't believe that a substitute should
03:39be allowed to take place just because man's been hit on the on the helmet part
03:44of it is incompetence to play the short ball I just felt the hardness was still
03:51pretty good unlike the red ball which gets a little softer
03:57lovely put that in a loop and play it all evening there's something about the
04:08straight back back bars the bowler the previous over it was on the offside this
04:16time it's on the onside previous over it was to the left of the umpire this time
04:22it's to the right of the umpire it's a short of length delivery not a half folly
04:26and which is the reason it's there is no flourish of the bat over the left shoulder
04:32it's the nice moment when there was some analysis done with his head position in
04:40the last game and he was having a look at it he had a smile on his face
04:46it's one of his shots that he loves to play this is more straight than on the leg side
04:51but front on would be interesting to see his head position
04:54this is a bit too close so we'll try and get a better angle
04:57but that is something that has been part of his game and that's why he had that rye smile I guess
05:02again you can see where the head is in line or relation to the ball
05:11inside edge for that single but that single will bring about a milestone for virad kohli
05:18five thousand runs as test match captain quickest to do that
05:2486 innings for the indian skipper many congratulations
05:32the big names there ricky ponti clive lloyd grant smith grant smith terrific time as a captain
05:44allen border standing clear
05:49is thai julie slump
05:54at the second quite easily the other problem is that speed is measured out of the hand
05:59so it's leaving the hand at about 127 128 kilometers an hour by the time it reaches the
06:04batsman it's lost sometimes about 20 kilometers an hour
06:11and that is the reason why it's so difficult to be to keep him quiet and look at that now
06:15finishing the over with a magnificent straight drive for a boundary it's 127 for two and it's
06:19going to be drinks
06:20generally plays swivel kind of pull a hook towards fine leg that's more virad kohli saying and has done
06:30that with great style to get to his 50. the team stands up to applaud another 50 from one of the best
06:39batsmen in the world yeah exceptional again virad kohli you hardly seen at number four in the list of run
06:48run getters that's where he was 50 of 76 on a track like this
06:56the team intense seems quite determined get a big number because even he has not had
07:02a hundred by his standards for a while now
07:12that hit the arm or the shoulder of the bleeding edge of the back 144 three
07:20very proud saying this is 8 08 pm in kolkata
07:25he has not yet another 50 and this is how we got to it the ball didn't bounce as much but it's one of
07:32his favorite shots he says but really control over the shot and always tends to keep it down
07:39some of them not bothering to get up done it too many times
07:42to clear out his last hundred was actually a double hundred
07:49desire as sanjay mentioned just even goes a notch further up so it's amazing just amazing how he
07:58doesn't get runs for a couple of innings and you feel that he is not his failed it used to happen to
08:03such and tenduka he expected at least 50 from him every time he worked out
08:11just the way he comes forward it could be any ricket it could be
08:15jumping at him keeping low swinging seeming
08:22just that conference right is ever so positive
08:25like mushfikul but the other names you mentioned they've you know they're good fielders but they're
08:34not keepers all the time or beautifully driven
08:41bit of a miss field but in the end got the result that we're not wanted
08:46this is some kind of poetic justice that has been done here it's a fabulous shot to begin with
08:51great face of the bat meeting the ball and had it gone straight to the field as it did
08:55and had he fielded it would have gone out of memory very quickly
09:01yeah let on das virad koly great face of the bat when they meet the ball
09:05and you're talking about the head position deep look at that
09:08right down on the ball second time seen a miss field of that type where instead of a dot ball it's gone
09:16for four and that intensity on his face sometimes when he's not got a few runs in a couple of innings
09:23look at those eyes look at those eyes i just look at that intensity i definitely get a feeling that
09:28it just goes a few notches up whereas i think his glintometer is the same at all times that's my reading
09:39that's the way it is now in the modern game
09:51that's just the kind of easy boundary that bangadesh won't to avoid no risk at all in that shot
09:56just got inside the line gentle flick and he picks up four of four should be
10:00you have to make an effort to get a four right yeah it's a poor delivery
10:08down the leg side all virad had to do is put back to ball easy easy too easy for virad koly
10:15and that's what we were talking about
10:20through the onside he's got a couple of deliveries wailed in that channel outside
10:24off the boundary ball arrives just cannot control the line and length and try to hit on the spot where
10:34you've been to keep someone like virad koly quite a couple of deliveries on the spot and then on the
10:39layer legs easy beautiful shot gets in a really good position and flicks it away to the boundary
10:46yeah exceptional repeating the same mistakes over and over again beautiful brilliant brilliant that's
11:00a fourth boundary in the first 15 minutes but it's cover driving you just you don't want him to stop
11:05194 for three
11:15this is just delicious just leans into it everything so right it might seem very simple
11:22will he find the fielder
11:35that's all i mean you have to send some good work for this feat 220 for three
11:41a lovely touch boundary is quite long towards mid we get at that side
11:55get three
12:01nine overs today
12:01brilliant brilliant just pick up a couple but
12:10drive is out again yes he's mellowed
12:23there's a fielder in the deep he's going to watch the ball sail to the boundary rope
12:36four good deliveries and then the master said that was enough
12:41what a good shot that is the koly cover drive once again oh you never ever wanted to stop
12:46wonderful to watch takes a long stride out this is the full face of the bat
12:56and beautiful just opens the face of the bat to get the placement excellent balance as well
13:03go and see a fight for six when this man is in his 90s
13:07now the stadium's almost filled up this is what they came to see another koly century but there's a run
13:16to go still nobody bothers voldemar really good ball on 99
13:22deep cover comes in
13:28it's patient
13:29will we ever see a day when when virat koly runs down the track and hits somebody over the top
13:37no for to get 200 no i'll be very surprised if he does
13:43instead he'll go off his pads to notch up century number 27 he'll come back for two he's still thinking
13:48of the extra run well played once again virat koly your centuries are a source of so much joy
13:53wonderful the staggering consistency 20th century as captain
14:06mentioned yesterday as well the responsibility of captaincy sits nicely on his head marvelous innings
14:14the glintometer is working fine we often talk about what captaincy does to people captaincy brings
14:20out the best of this man he's buoyed up in that role he enjoys being there
14:27a hundred and one not out is 27th century in exactly the same number of innings
14:32as he took the nuka to get to 27
14:38one of the reasons why he doesn't step out and go for the big shots for the milestone car
14:42i think he doesn't play for 100 he plays for a lot more than 100
14:45yeah it's a great point you make because uh he has
14:52bigger goals there in his head and again he doesn't have to the way his game is the way he's able to
14:59take singles you don't have to run at somebody that's possibly not his game
15:02any koly century will have its trademark drives
15:10and this one did too 12 boundaries he runs a lot
15:23the picture by itself tells the story how good he is
15:39it's going to the boundary abu jahid into the attack
15:43for the first time this morning
15:44is greeted with the boundary not a bad delivery though
15:52can be tricky abu jahid kind of action he has he'll get the ball to move around a bit
16:00that's what happened here as well hint of movement away from uh virat
16:04it's the reason that the outside half of the bat
16:06the last test as well i thought it was the pick of the bowlers spinners are really disappointing made
16:13the hassan and taijul he bothered pulled his heart out but hujahad was the man who was creating some issues
16:26we'll take another one that one slightly of the outside half of the bat this smack from the middle of
16:33the bat
16:37phenomenal this
16:40and how he actually managed to slow down his uh bat swing the bat speed
16:45made that adjustment abu jahid not the quickest of bowlers
16:50he was in position early but then controlled that bat swing especially at the point of impact
16:56what a shot one of the prettiest one to watch
17:07this one is slicked it away poor delivery from abu jahid gets the treatment
17:13you're right after not a great delivery but this is excellent batsmanship
17:17that face of the bat nobody uses the face of the bat better than virat khali because there's a field
17:22a short mid wicket on the lake side he knows it and he knows there's a fielder that's deep to the
17:26right of your screen so he had to hit it here to get maximum if it was much squarer would have been
17:33maybe at the most couple of runs so using that face of the bat to pick that exact
17:40spot to hit to get maximum was there you go that fielder there to the right of your screen and the one
17:46right in the center close he wanted to thread that gap did that beautifully last couple of boundaries
17:54the ball was in the air for a while not this one not this one boundary number three all along the ground
18:08look at my younger girl he's just thrilled by what he's watching out there
18:11but this is a shot which is slightly different from most virat khali shots gentle but this is i
18:18think virat khali hitting on the up doesn't do that as much this is the first one a straight drive
18:26then the one on the leg side which i love the best beautiful use of the wrist and this is on the up
18:32and again the face of the bat closing so that he could find the gap there have a look at this look at
18:37how the face of the bat closes to hit the ball there and once again find that gap to get four
18:44you're watching one of the masters of batting i know the quality attack is not the greatest but
18:52we've seen and seen him against high quality bowling as well virat khali what a player
18:58oh lucky the guards book could have been five in a row
19:10very well said sanjay master master craftsman and the nuances let's look at the fourth boundary again
19:18you mentioned about that control look at how he controls the bat phase with the bottom hand
19:24closes at the point of impact just making sure because it's on the slower side this pitch and the bowler
19:34oh in the air the diving fielder at short x to cover
19:43how close was it to him
19:44i was in the air as you mentioned
19:56wanted the gap found the gap but almost there good effort from emerald
20:00he's in excellent form as he powered his way to a 27th test 100
20:13his planning has been exquisite for highest echelons of orthodoxy lovely front without is
20:21not taking a chance he's in a different zone at the moment we're out goalie
20:25didn't score in the first test it was almost inevitable that he'd come back strongly in this
20:35second test
20:40straight away a little more movement
20:42he'll get four but he did better ones before
20:45yes virat koly also making that hand movement to suggest that the ball left him
20:53he might have been just looking to play towards the onside
20:58yes he was and that's why that leading edge you can see the balance also not quite there this is
21:03one of the rare occasions when his balance was not quite there
21:06the lead is over 200 not the most convincing of shots but no danger in that shot either
21:15there was no fielder anywhere near to catch it
21:25right he takes it kai julislam takes the catch
21:29just played the flick shot it kept going kept going and going and found long leg it required
21:38a really good catch to end this innings he's bowled well now he's caught well
21:44well that's an amazing catch the only way virat koly was going to get out he played that flick shot
21:52up use the pace but look at that magnificent catch this is a magnificent catch to get rid of a magnificent player
22:04and ibadath gets his third wicket virat koly can't believe it
22:09can't believe his eyes yes you can salute him as much but he's got a hundred my friend
22:15three hundred and eight for six the indian skipper gone for 136.
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