Virat Kohli, a batsman who loves chasing targets

New Delhi: It was again India's man of the moment Virat Kohli who played an error free knock of 72 runs not out of 44 balls in the semi- final of world T20. The pressure was immense with a strong bowling line up in the opposition.But Virat showed why is the best number three batsman at the moment. Initially he took some deliveries to settle down bit once he got his eye in , Virat started to hit the cricket ball far and wide , away from the reach of the South African fielders.The 19th ODI century scored by Virat was his 12th successful chase. He scored 136 runs.Out of 19 ODI centuries scored by Virat Kohli , 13 have come while Team India were chasing total.Only Sachin Tendulkar has scored more than Virat while chasing. Sachin scored a total of 17 tons.It was during the Asia Cup match in2012 against the arch rivals Pakistan who set a target of 330 runs. India lost Gautam Gambhir and Virat came out to take things under his control. Virat smashed a 97 balls 100 runs to take India to victory and defeat Pakistan by six wickets.The next setting was in Hobart where India was taking on their familiar foes Sri Lanka and team India was in the brink of elimination in the triangular series. But Virat had some other plans. Sri Lanka had given a target of 321 runs which Team India achieved with some belligerent hitting from Kohli who scored 133 runs from86 balls.It was in the year 2010 when Australia was touring India and the venue was Vizag. Australia had given team India a target of 290 runs and India had the most disastrous start losing both the openers cheaply. But then Virat arrived and scored 118 runs from 121 to take team to victory and India won the match by five wickets.It was in 2011 and the opposition were the Caribbean's. The Indian team were given a target of 270 and the India team was reeling at 86-3 when Virat took control of the game He played a knock of 117 runs from 123 balls. The Sawai Man Singh Stadium has witnessed a flurry of runs when Australia batting first had put up a total of 359 runs. It was looking like a impossible target but India's number three batsman had some other ideas. Virat came to the crease and scored a 52 ball 100 runs thus not only helping Team India to register a victory but thus becoming the fastest Indian batsman to score an ODI century.Virat has also played brilliantly while chasing in the shortest format of the game. It was during world T20 and the opposition team was Pakistan. It was a do or die match for Team India and Virat Kohli once again produced a gem of innings scoring 78 runs from 61 deliveries thus giving team India a resounding victory by eight wickets.