The greatest rivalry comes back in the best possible way. Pakistan’s bowling brings the absolute best out of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. The duo is smashing 4s and 6s like firecracker. This match between India and Pakistan recorded a strong viewership of 2.3 crore while this fearless duo was batting in Disney+Hotstar.
Record breaking viewership
Rain interrupted the match between India and Pakistan on Sunday. Where the match was called off when India’s score was 147-2. On Monday when the match resumed Kohli and Rahul took their innings to a different level. Both the batters played their best innings throughout. He made a comeback in the Asia Cup through the game. Both Kohli and Rahul got their centuries. Their sensational innings don’t let people sit calmly. Their brilliant innings made India put a total of 357 runs in front of Pakistan.
This edition of Asia Cup is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar for free of cost. It peaked at 2.3 crores in viewership during Kohli and Rahul’s batting. But in this inning when Kohli reached his century the viewership record of that OTT platform was broken. 2.7 crore people were watching his century which is the highest ever peak in digital streaming’s history in India. This viewership has broken all the previous records of the OTT platform.
The Virat Kohli KL Rahul Show
In this match, particularly in India’s innings records are made and broken in the same way. Virat Kohli completes his 13000 international runs through this electrifying innings and becomes the fifth male player to reach the landmark. Kohli took 55 balls to reach to the half-century and after that took only 29 balls to reach his 47th ODI hundred. Virat and Rahul registered the highest partnership in the history of the Asia Cup. They made 233 runs in partnership in 194 balls.
King Kohli’s show was missing in the past few innings. He scored 4 against Pakistan in the group stage. Which didn’t really satisfy the fans. KL Rahul’s comeback was the most talked about topic during this Asia Cup time. He couldn’t complete the fitness test during the group stage. He came back to the team in this match and left the critics in shock. This magnificent duo grabs all the viewer’s attention. The previous record of highest viewership was held by the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan with the 1.8 crore finally replaced by today’s viewership of 2.3 crore.
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