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UVirat Kohli uqede isiphetho somkhankaso odumazayo we-Asia Cup e-India okokuqala ngqa ezinsukwini ezingaphezu kwezingu-1,000.
Sekusondele iminyaka emithathu abalandeli base-India belindile ukubona iqhawe labo libuyela efomini. Amakhulu akhe ezizwe ezingu-70 kumenza abe ngowesithathu emlandweni womdlalo; futhi inombolo ka-71 eyayimbalekela kuyo yonke imizamo angeke kusaba njalo.
Ukulandela u-122 wakhe ongaphumanga emabholeni angu-61 bedlala ne-Afghanistan uKohli manje usendaweni yesibili ngemuva kukaSachin Tendulkar amakhulukhulu eminyaka kwikhilikithi yamazwe ngamazwe.
Ithoni yakhe namuhla ihlanganise o-four abayishumi nambili no-six abayisithupha futhi bekungowokuqala emidlalweni yamazwe ngamazwe ye-T20.
“Ngibeke izinto eziningi ngendlela efanele futhi empeleni ngashaqeka kancane ngoba lena bekuyindlela ebengingalindele ukuthi ifike noma inini maduze nje, kodwa konke kuyizibusiso zikaNkulunkulu,” kusho uKohli ngesikhathi sekhefu le-innings.
“Bengisebenza kanzima futhi lesi bekuyisikhashana nje ebesikhethekile kakhulu kimina naseqenjini.”
Ukushaywa kwalo mdlali oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala engazange ahlulwe kuphawule amaphuzu akhe aphezulu kakhulu e-T20 okuhlanganisa ne-IPL futhi waphawula amaphuzu aphezulu kunawo wonke awake atholwa i-India kuma-T20 international ehlula ukaputeni wamanje uRohit Sharma ngo-118 bedlala ne-Sri Lanka ngo-2017.
I-innings yakhe isize i-India ukuthi ifinyelele ku-212/2 kuma-overs angu-20. Amawikhethi amahlanu kuma-runs amane nje ophosayo uBhuvneshwar Kumar usize i-India ukuthi inqobe ama-runs angu-101 i-Afghanistan iqede i-innings yayo ku-111/8.
Umthombo wesithombe: @BCCI