Twitter salutes Dhoni-Kohli masterclass

Twitter went crazy as Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 154 to make short work of a seemingly steep target as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the third ODI in Mohali to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series on Sunday.

The hosts lost both their openers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane inside nine overs and, with the required run rate climbing, needed a solid partnership to get back on track. Kohli, who was dropped on six by Ross Taylor off Matt Henry, and Dhoni (80), who promoted himself up the batting order to number four, provided just that with a brisk third-wicket stand of 151 runs.

Here are the best reactions of the day:

"Hum bole the naa mahiya upar aayega to bahut maarega" #WellPlayedCaptain #DhoniSushantOnField 

9000 ODI 

— Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) October 23, 2016

We are seeing one of the great limited overs players of all time. @imVkohli is that good today.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 23, 2016

In One Day/T20 cricket I think @imVkohli is nearest thing to a Genius .. Never seen any player make it look so easy .. #INDvNZ

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 23, 2016

There are basically two types of sixes :
1. Dhoni's Sixes
2. All the other. pic.twitter.com/w0ybsr86zH

— Dhoni (@DhonixFaithful) October 23, 2016

Form is temporary, Class is...

Scratch that

FORM IS PERMANENT #kohli

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) October 23, 2016

Virat Kohli's 26 ODI centuries in a single frame. #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/iMkQPEAIsv

— Mpitafim1 (@Mpitafim12) October 23, 2016

Ganguly, Dhoni and Kohli are Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh of the Indian cricket who played their roles of creation, maintenance & destruction

— Bhak Sala (@bhak_sala) October 23, 2016

Most 6s by captains in ODIs:
124*-MS Dhoni
123 -Ricky Ponting
115 -Sourav Ganguly
111 -AB de Villiers
82 -B McCullum#INDvsNZ #INDvNZ

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 23, 2016

Bradman never played ODI's but I think even he would have been 2nd best to Virat Kohli in the shorter version #indvsnz

— Be Yusuf (@barmare_yusuf) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni Celebrating After Becoming 1st Player In World To Score 9000 ODI Runs With Average Of 50+#INDvsNZ #INDvNZpic.twitter.com/X3FFZbswSN

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 23, 2016

Two Minutes Of Silence For People Who Said #MSDhoni Should Retire After Last Match Performance. ;)#INDvsNZ #INDvNZ #DhoniSushantOnField pic.twitter.com/tNzPiB3LQZ

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 23, 2016

MS Dhoni Today:

150 Stumpings: ✔

9000 ODI Runs: ✔

Most Sixes by Indian: ✔

Most Sixes by Captain: ✔

Much needed innings: ✔

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 23, 2016

Most Sixes by an Indian in ODI -
Dhoni: 196*
Sachin: 195
Ganguly: 190
Yuvraj: 148
Sehwag: 136#INDvNZ #MSDhoni

— XtraTime (@greymind43) October 23, 2016

Quite amazing how many times Virat Kohli has been there and ton that #INDvNZ

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 23, 2016

Whenever Virat Kohli scores a century while chasing, India wins. This is the reason Rohit Sharma gets out early. Selfless cricketer. Legend.

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) October 23, 2016

Virat Kohli Fastest(no. of innings) In World To Reach 3000 ODI Runs At Home.
63 VIRAT KOHLI
70 Ganguly
71 ABD#INDvNZ #INDvsNZ #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/x0RNrPkalv

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 23, 2016