Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli's knock of 82 against Australia helped India seal a semi-final berth in the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 Getty

India progressed to the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 after registering a six-wicket victory over Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, on 27 March. It was Virat Kohli's unbeaten 82 that helped his side seal a berth in the last four of the tournament.

Kohli was named the Player of the Match for his impressive performance against Steven Smith's side. The right-handed batsman admitted that his knock in Mohali was his best performance in his T20 career. It is for the second time that Kohli has helped India to cross the finish line. The first one came against Pakistan.

IBTimes UK looks at how sports personalities, former players and celebrities reacted to Kohli's brilliance.

No question @imVkohli is the greatest ever judge of a chase I have ever seen ... Cool as you like .. #Timing #Genius #INDvAUS

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 27, 2016
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Woooow @imVkohli ...special it was... Great win, fighting all the way! #IndvsAus

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 27, 2016

At this rate @imVkohli will be as good as @root66 one day ! Not sure who @englandcricket will meet in the final now !

— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

Class from @imVkohli 👏🏼

— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

Well to be fair, he definitely stepped it up for this T 20 World Cup. Too good in the end 👍🏼

— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) March 27, 2016

Hard to believe this guy is jst a human being .. Hats off 👍🏻👌🏻 https://t.co/aOjUh5NviM

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar (@BhuviOfficial) March 27, 2016

Sandstorm from sachin at Sharjah,and the hailstorm in Mohali from @imVkohli should be written in the same paragraph. #chasemaster

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) March 28, 2016

Great knock by @imVkohli Reminded me of one of your many special innings buddy !!!!! https://t.co/3gDmKAJR0Z

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) March 27, 2016

Kohli is in a different league

— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) March 27, 2016

Genius @imVkohli! What a knock! #IndvsAus #WT20 #AKLive

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) March 27, 2016

Man I'm enjoying this batting @imVkohli #T20WorldCup #IndvsAus #kohli

— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) March 27, 2016

There's been a lot of positive talk about @imVkohli & rightly so, this guy is a player of a generation. #WT20 #DifferentClass

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 28, 2016

Virat Kohli is some player!In the high pressure situations shows what type of player you are and he does it time and time again! #IndvsAus

— Harry Kane (@HKane) March 27, 2016

T 2188 - @imVkohli you were brilliance times infinity !! Pure genius. Thank you for tonight ! And may many more such nights come our way !!

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016

What a match! Proud of our team. Great innings @imVkohli & exemplary leadership @msdhoni.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2016

They came they slayed they conquered! #TeamIndia wins again! #IndvsAus #WT20 @imVkohli, you're a rockstar! pic.twitter.com/ivbdC0lLdg

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) March 27, 2016

The morning after..... @imVkohli's batting covering up cracks in the batting wall. Getting too reliant on these get-out-of-jail efforts

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 28, 2016

When I picked Virat as a U-19 player @imVkohli for RCB @RCBTweets I didn't realise I was picking the best batsman in the World. Congrats.

— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 27, 2016
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