India beat England in Mohali Test: Twitterati hail Virat Kohli & Co

Mohali, Nov 29: Comeback man Parthiv Patel struck a whirlwind half-century as India humbled England by eight wickets in the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium here on Tuesday (Nov 29).

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Patel stormed to 67 runs off 54 balls as India overhauled the 103-run target a short while after the tea break on the fourth day.

India beat England in Mohali Test: Twitterati hail Virat Kohli & Co

Indian skipper Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on six runs at the other end. Patel hit a boundary to overhaul the target as India finished at 104/2.

Pacer Chris Woakes and leg-spinner Adil Rashid bagged a wicket each for England.

India now lead the five-match Test series 2-0. The hosts had won the second Test in Visakhapatnam by 246 runs while the first match of the series had ended in a draw at Rajkot.

It was after a gap of 23 years, since India defeated England twice in a Test series.

Here's how Twitterati hailed Virat Kohli and his team for yet another convincing win over England:

#TeamIndia win the Mohali Test by 8 wickets to lead the 5-match series 2-0 @Paytm Test Cricket #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/9TALweDFL4
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 29, 2016

Twitterati hail Virat Kohli & Co

BCCI shares winning moments:

Authoritative win for India. Doesnt get better than this. Fabulous match for Parthiv. Throws Kohli and Kumble into a sweet dilemma
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 29, 2016

Twitterati hail Virat Kohli & Co

Ayaz Memon hails Virat Kohli.

After first 20 Tests as captain...
MS Dhoni 12 wins, 2 losses, 6 drawn
Virat Kohli 12 wins, 2 losses, 6 drawn#IndvEng
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 29, 2016

Twitterati hail Virat Kohli & Co

Mohandas Menon shows skipper Virat Kohli's rise:

Longest undefeated streaks for Indian captains
18 Sunil Gavaskar (1976-80)
17 Kapil Dev (1985-87)
16* VIRAT KOHLI (2015-)#INDvENG #INDvsENG
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) November 29, 2016

Twitterati hail Team India's win at Mohali

Longest undefeated streaks for Indian captains:

Fantastic win for India. Had tricky moments but found the right players. But fair to say England were outplayed.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 29, 2016

Twitterati hail Team India

Harsha Bhogle lauds Indian team:

Parthiv Patel has done what every good cricketer should when he gets a lucky break; make it very difficult to leave him out again!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 29, 2016

Twitterati hail India's win

Harsha Bhogle lauds Parthiv on comeback Test:

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