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Kevin Pietersen heaps praise on Magnificent Kohli

Written by Abhishek Patil

Not only the Virat Kohli is the best batsman of modern era, he also has the biggest fan following. Even cricketers around the globe just loves his batting masterclass.

The latest person to proclaim their love for Kohli’s batting is former England captain Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen took to Twitter to express his admiration for the right-hander. Pietersen tweeted,

“Virat bats, I watch.”

On Saturday, second day of second test against Sri Lanka, Kohli came into bat after the fall of the second wicket and joined Cheteshwar Pujara in the middle and the duo stretched India’s lead further. The skipper brought his Eden Gardens form to Nagpur, and started dealing in boundaries right from the word go.

Pujara and Kohli kept the scoreboard ticking with some excellent batting display to increase India’s continued to increase their lead at rapid pace. Kohli notched up his 15th Test fifty off 66 deliveries, remained unbeaten on 54 with six boundaries to his name as the hosts ended the second day at 312/2 to take a commanding lead in the first innings.

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