Lost match but found new God: Twitter hails Kohli’s innings against WI

Virat Kohli played a brilliant knock of 89 runs off 47 balls to guide India to 192/2 against West Indies in the semifinal of the World T20 in Mumbai on Thursday.

Virat Kohli played a brilliant knock of 89 runs off 47 balls to guide India to 192/2 against West Indies in the semifinal of the World T20 in Mumbai on Thursday.

Virat Kohli celebrates the wicket of West Indies’ Johnson Charles during the semi-final match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Thursday. (Kunal Patil/HT Photo)

But his spectacular knock went in vain as India lost to West Indies by seven wickets.

This was Kohli’s third unbeaten T20I half-century in the tournament. Kohli’s knocks against Pakistan and Australia came at a challenging situation, but the man came out on top.

For Kohli, the defeat will be particularly tough to take. He had carried the team thus far single-handedly and in the semifinal too, exceeded expectations with an all-round show. Apart from ensuring a strong total, he provided India the breakthrough when it was feeling the pressure by ending the 97-run partnership between Charles and Simmons.

Twitter users, ever-faithful and loyal, left no stone unturned in supporting India’s star batsman.

Here are some tweets:

Really, the praise is never-ending...

Then of course, there were some slightly unrealistic expectations and demands...