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From Waqar Younis to Hasan Ali, Pakistan players bow down to Virat Kohli after 71st international century

The players from the arch-rivals Pakistan heaped their praises on Virat Kohli. They almost bowed down to the amazing performance of the great

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Nothing can be more than this that the whole cricketing world is celebrating your century and praising you. It has recently happened with former Indian skipper and senior batter Virat Kohli when he finally ended the wait for his 71st international century after 3 years. Especially, the players from the arch-rivals Pakistan heaped their praises on Virat Kohli.

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They almost bowed down to the amazing performance of the modern-day batting great. This list includes the likes of former players in the form of Waqar Younis and Mohammed Amir alongside current players Hasan Ali and Imad Wasim.

They took to Twitter for appreciating the 33-year-old for his stellar comeback performance against Afghanistan in India’s last match in the super-4 round of the Asia Cup 2022.

Here’re tweets from Pakistan players for Virat Kohli:

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Notably, Pakistan has made it to the final of the ongoing edition of the Asia Cup. They have beaten India and Afghanistan respectively in their two matches of the super-4 rounds in the tournament. The men in green will face Sri Lanka in the title clash of the 15th edition of the continental tournament.

India and Afghanistan have been knocked out of the tournament after losing their matches in the super-4 stage.

Talking about the match between India and Afghanistan, then the Afghan skipper Mohammed Nabi won the toss and asked the Indians to bat first. India posted a massive total of 212 runs for the loss of only two wickets in the 20 overs. Former skipper and senior batter Virat Kohli smashed 122 runs off just 61 balls with 12 boundaries and six sixes to his name. Other than him, stand-in skipper KL Rahul also played a magnificent knock of 62 runs off 41 balls with six boundaries and two sixes on his credit.

While chasing the target, Afghanistan could score only 111 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 101 runs. Virat Kohli was adjudged player of the match for his sensational knock.

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