On Wednesday, December 24, at the BCCI Center of Excellence Ground 1, Kohli decimated the Andhra Pradesh bowling attack, which included Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, former Mumbai Indians pacer Satyanaraya Raju and India A spinner Saurabh Kumar.
Chasing a target of 299 runs, Kohli smashed 131 off 101 balls, hitting 14 fours and one six. He was eventually dismissed by Raju in the 33rd over, but Delhi had already achieved the target within reach. During his batting, he scored 16,000 runs in List-A cricket.
Besides Kohli, Priyansh Arya and Nitish Rana scored blistering half-centuries. Captain Rishabh Pant, who also played the match, was dismissed for five runs. In the end, Harsh Tyagi and Navdeep Saini took their team over the line in 37.4 overs with four wickets in the bank.
On the other hand, Rohit Sharma captivated around 12,000 fans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. The 38-year-old put the Sikkim bowlers to the sword, smashing boundaries at will on a track ring.
Rohit brought up his half-century in just 27 balls. 35 deliveries later he reached a three-figure score. The 38-year-old smashed 80 of his first 100 runs within boundaries, hitting eight fours and as many sixes.
The carnage didn’t stop there though as he collected 155 off just 94 balls. The Nagpur-born player scored 18 fours and nine sixes during his batting and finished with a strike rate of 164.89. After falling eleven runs short of the 237-run target, Musheer Khan and Sarfaraz Khan took their team home in 30.3 overs, with eight wickets to spare.
Both Rohit and Kohli won the Player of the Match awards in the two games, much to the delight of their millions of fans around the world.
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