Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay both struck centuries as India took a 51-run lead in the first innings, with three wickets still in hand in the fourth Test against England.
Vijay was dismissed for 136 while Kohli ended day three unbeaten on 147 as India’s score read 451/7.
With the Indian Test captain scoring a mastery hundred, there was a lot of praise for him from ex-cricketers on Twitter.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan labelled Kohli as a ‘genius’ while former Indian opening batsman Aakash Chopra went one step ahead and called him the ‘best player of this generation’.
There was also some criticism for Alastair Cook’s captaincy, led by none other than former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen.
Here, we look at the top tweets of the day:
One more wonderful knock by @imVkohli 👏Gr8 display of adaptability,maturity,responsibility& it was indeed a class act from a special player🙏
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 10, 2016
Sometimes you have to accept that you come up against someone too good..That was the case today for England .@imVkohli is a Genius .. #Fact
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 10, 2016
Well played @imVkohli @mvj888 super batting🇮🇳..it's gonna be my lucky number 😜3-0..England won't be able to bat on 4th 5th day
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 10, 2016
Wonderful team innings from India's captain ....Kohli
— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket) December 10, 2016
Take a bow , Virat Kohli. The hunger is just unbelievable.Avg of over 50 in all formats now.Eng should struggle to save this one.#IndvsEng
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 10, 2016
There are players...and then there's Virat Kohli. Best player of this generation. 😊👏👍🙏
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 10, 2016
We often lament the passing of a generation. Don't. This phase from @imVkohli is as good as any by an Indian batsman.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 10, 2016
At the moment it's a three-way race between Raashid(152), Kolhi(146), and Ali(139). #INDvENG
— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) December 10, 2016
Virat Kohli is delivering more 100's than an ATM machine.#INDvENG
— Chicken Biryanii (@ChickenBiryanii) December 10, 2016
Teaching Gur Naal Ishq Mittha steps to Bollywood Heroines on weekdays, scoring tons on weekends. Just Virat Kohli things!
— a (@AngoorKhatteHai) December 10, 2016
Always such a joy to see M Vijay get runs. Balm for the eyes. And hopefully this shuts debate about opening spot. Vijay's by right. #INDvENG
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) December 10, 2016
Watching #INDvENG all morning...Cook's captaincy?!?! 🙈
— KP (@KP24) December 10, 2016
Alastair Cook's captaincy #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/u7dEpVwNhw
— Sean B (@SeanBcricket) December 10, 2016
That's up there with the best Test hundreds Kohli has made. As good as the 76 and 65 another Indian No.4 made here 15 years ago. #INDvENG
— Dileep Premachandran (@SpiceBoxofEarth) December 10, 2016
