- Saturday, July 27, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
VIRAT Kohli is never far away from headlines, whenever he represents India on the ground. The 35-year-old batter, who now holds the world record of 50 centuries in 50-over cricket, exhibited an out-of-the-world effort to stop a certain six against Afghanistan in the third T20 match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that left many, including a top Indian business tycoon speechless.
Kohli saved the six just in front the team dugouts when Afghanistan required 48 runs off 20 balls while chasing down the target of 213 in 20 overs to make the series 2-1. The Indian fielder himself fell outside the boundary but tossed back the ball inside to save five runs. The decisive moment led to a tied game and India eventually won the game by 10 runs after two super overs.
Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group conglomerate, was stunned along with millions of fans and he soon made a post on X showing the moment when Kohli was in the air to stop the six and with the caption, “Hello, Isaac Newton? Could you help us define a new law of physics to account for this phenomenon of anti-gravity??”
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Hello, Isaac Newton?
Could you help us define a new law of physics to account for this phenomenon of anti-gravity?? pic.twitter.com/x46zfBvycS— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 18, 2024
Newton was a 17th century polymath who is credited for formulating the gravitational theory after seeing an apple fall from a tree.
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Social media users soon came up with replies to Mahindra’s tweet with witty observations and praise for Kohli.
Here are some posts:
Virat Kohli did the unthinkable and unreal. Proud to have witnessed it live from the stadium and the way crowd went on cheering Kohli-Kohli in stadium after this was surreal ❤️
— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) January 18, 2024
E = MV²
Where V stands for Virat.
— Tarun Lochib (@tarunlochib) January 18, 2024
Newton, meet Kohli: Where the laws of physics take a timeout and let the laws of cricket take over. ?⏳
— Amit Misra (@amit6060) January 18, 2024
It takes hours of hard work on strengthening your core for decades to achieve those gravity-defying moments, as seen in athletes like Virat. Even Sir Isaac Newton would be impressed with the force behind those feats!
— Jitender Girdhar (@JGirdhar01) January 18, 2024
This is actually opposite of newton
— @vipin mishra ?? (@viplnt) January 18, 2024
Kohli, however, had a forgetful day with the bat as he got dismissed for a golden duck after India won the toss and elected to bat.
