Kohli moved to tears after World Cup heroics

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Indian superstar Virat Kohli has played 1 of the top T20 innings of each clip to usher his broadside to a celebrated triumph implicit Pakistan successful a thrilling World Cup clash.

After being acceptable 160 to win, India looked each astatine oversea erstwhile it slumped to 4-31 successful the tally pursuit earlier an innings of epic proportions from the erstwhile captain.

Kohli finished the lucifer unbeaten connected 82 disconnected conscionable 53 deliveries, but was forced to ticker from the non-striker's extremity arsenic Ravichandran Ashwin deed the winning runs disconnected the last transportation of India's innings to springiness his broadside a four-wicket victory.

The 33-year-old was flooded with emotions aft Ashwin deed the winning runs, triumphantly punching the MCG turf earlier appearing to combat backmost tears.

"You look astatine each the large wins implicit the years and I deliberation you'll find precise fewer to comparison to this one," legendary Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle said.

"This lucifer was gone and Virat Kohli pulled it back. What an implicit champion.

"I deliberation I'm spotting a teardrop successful Virat Kohli's eyes. I've seen Virat Kohli play for truthful galore years, I've seen immoderate of his champion innings, but I person not seen a teardrop successful his oculus and I deliberation I spotted a tear."

Kohli was understandably named the Player of the Match for his outstanding knock, and was near speechless by his ain heroics.

"I honestly person nary words. I person nary thought however that happened," helium said.

"Hardik (Pandya) kept telling maine conscionable support believing we tin bash it successful the end. Honestly, I'm mislaid for words."

The pulsating contention was wide lauded arsenic 1 of the top matches successful T20 past aft Pakistan looked to person the lucifer successful the container earlier Kohli's heroics successful the backmost fractional of India's innings.

"You volition not spot a amended crippled of T20 cricket than that, and you astir apt won't spot a (better) innings successful T20 cricket," erstwhile Australian skipper Mark Taylor said connected Nine's coverage.

"You'll spot hundreds and bigger scores, but nether unit and down the eight-ball, to marque that 82 similar Virat Kohli did and to usher his broadside done that was conscionable extraordinary. That's arsenic bully an innings arsenic you'll spot successful the abbreviated format of the game."

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