New Delhi: Twitterati was abuzz with praise for Virat Kohli after he single-handedly guided India to the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 with a master-class unbeaten 82-run knock in the must-win last group match against Australia in Mohali.
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar led the tributes for Kohli, terming his last night's innings as a "special" one.
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Woooow <a href="https://twitter.com/imVkohli">@imVkohli</a> ...special it was... Great win, fighting all the way! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndvsAus?src=hash">#IndvsAus</a>
&mdash; sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) <a href="https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/714142310007595008">March 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
<img title="Virat Kohli" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/mar/kohli28mar.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" /> Virat Kohli celebrates his fifty. Pic/ AFP
Another batting legend Brian Lara said Kohli was an "unbelievable" batsman.&nbsp;"Anyway can anyone send me videos of @imVkohli as a teenager batting #unreal best timer of a cricket ball I hv seen," the West Indian great wrote on his twitter handle. "He is just an unbelievable batsman! No need to say anymore."
Kohli's team-mates Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Shikhar Dhawan also praised Kohli for his batsmanship and match-winning abilities.
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Well what can I say ! There are players who r in form and there is <a href="https://twitter.com/imVkohli">@imVkohli</a> who wins you games again and again ! Hats of you beauty
&mdash; yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) <a href="https://twitter.com/YUVSTRONG12/status/714179459813761024">March 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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JEO KOHLI JEO MERA SHER.What an innu00f0u009fu0091u008fu00f0u009fu0091u008fu00f0u009fu0091u008fwhat a champion player u r my lil brother <a href="https://twitter.com/imVkohli">@imVkohli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BCCI">@BCCI</a> u00f0u009fu008fu008fu00f0u009fu008fu008fu00f0u009fu008fu008fswad aa Gaya yara drallo drallllllu00e2u009cu008cu00efu00b8u008fu00f0u009fu0098u0084u00e2u009cu008cu00f0u009fu008du00beu00f0u009fu008du00be
&mdash; Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) <a href="https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/714150732769968128">March 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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"Hats off to Virat's great knock!! Lots of learning from him!!??????," Dhawan tweeted.
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was also full of praise for Kohli. "Great performance by India and a great innings by @imVkohli," he tweeted.
BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur tweeted: "Great effort @imVkohli. You've shown a great temperament. All the best Team India for semis. @BCCI."
Australian cricketers Glenn Maxwell and just-retired Shane Watson, who witnessed Kohli's brilliance from close quarters yesterday, said they were beaten by a cricketing genius.
"Well... That innings was a different level...Not a lot more to say really...Absolutely shattered. Beaten by 1 cricketing genius. #toogood," Maxwell wrote.
Watson added: "@imVkohli What an absolute pleasure to witness that tonight. INCREDIBLE. Can't wait to finally be on the same team @RCBTweets. #waytoogood."

Twitterati was abuzz with praise for Virat Kohli after he single-handedly guided India to the semi-finals of the WT20 with a master-class unbeaten 82-run knock in the must-win last group match against Australia in Mohali

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