Twitter reacts as India lose the first ODI against New Zealand

10/22/2017

The Twitterati went mental as Virat Kohli scored his 31st ODI hundred overtaking Ricky Ponting's number of 30 centuries. But Tom Latham (103*) and Ross Taylor (95) crashed Kohli's party as they chased down a record target of 281 at the Wankhede and took the early lead in the 3-match series.

Brief scores: India 280/8 (Virat Kohli 121, Dinesh Karthik 37; Trent Boult 4-35, Tim Southee 3-73) LOST to New Zealand 284/4 (Tom Latham 103*, Ross Taylor 95; Hardik Pandya 1/46, Jasprit Bumrah 1/56) by six wickets.

Here are the funny tweets from the game:

Special game for the special player!

Whether it's the public or photographers, the focus is always on Kohli pic.twitter.com/2LsHKUHsBG
— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) October 22, 2017

Boult strikes early!

Piss poor innings from Rohit Sharma. Felt like he was under the misconception that its another IPL game at Wankhede. #IndvNZ
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) October 22, 2017

Dhawan got out, no one gives a damn here. Crowd is Kohli , KOHLI! #Virat200 #INDvNZ
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 22, 2017

Dhawan is back!

Coach : humein ek strong opening partnership chahiye

Shikhar Dhawan : #IndvNZ pic.twitter.com/2JTEaCI3a5
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) October 22, 2017

Indian fans after Dhawan's wicket....

**My message to Shikhar Dhawan**

"Sir @sdhawan25 ... pic.twitter.com/EuOkuP5lB1
— L Lag Gaye (@L_LagGaye) October 22, 2017

And this has to be the tweet of the day!

This is what happens when you face Arjun Tendulkar in the nets and Trent Boult in the match! 😂 #INDvNZ
— Ronak Vora (@ronak_hv) October 22, 2017

After Santner dropped Kohli....

Captain's reaction after a teammate drops Kohli. pic.twitter.com/BNFY3xU4ZG
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 22, 2017

And Captain Kohli capitalized on the dropped catch!

Virat Kohli's Daily Schedule:

Wake Up

Eat

Hit-Century

Sleep

Repeat.

31st ODI Century 🙏#INDvNZ #INDvsNZ #Virat200 pic.twitter.com/aCzIOZRHP8
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 22, 2017

After 200 games, Kohli has 8888 runs at sn average of 55.55 .

What a brilliant 121 this one was. 280 is a fighting total.#INDvNZ
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 22, 2017

Got to feel for Rohit Sharma!