The cricketing trends on social media revolved around a number of events. India took the field in Visakhapatnam in a quest to make a comeback in the ODI series against West Indies following the defeat at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Men in Blue lost the toss to start with, but Rohit Sharma (159) and KL Rahul (102) made sure that the hosts put up a daunting target of 388 for the visitors to track down. Shreyas Iyer (53) and Rishabh Pant (39) played some scorching strokes in the end to propel India’s total.

Rohit scored his 10th international century in 2019, the most by any batsman in a calendar year and he took down a number of records en route his knock. Thereafter, the cricketing fraternity lauded the Hitman for turning up with another stupendous inning at the highest level. Meanwhile, Brad Hogg was all praises for Lendl Simmons. The West Indies batter had a good outing with the bat, scoring 57 runs for the Chattogram Challengers in their match against the Dhaka Platoon at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

In Australia, wicketkeeper Josh Phillippe scored a magnificent 44-ball 81 to help the Sydney Sixers beat the Perth Scorchers by eight wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The likes of Tim Paine and Brad Hogg were absolutely awestruck by the batsman’s knock at the SCG. Prithvi Shaw, who recently came back from a suspension, posted a video where he can be seen running hard on a treadmill. Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh picked his World XI.

1. VVS Laxman’s congratulatory tweet for Team India

Comprehensive win for Team India. Rahul and Rohit laid the foundation and Shreyas & Rishab finished the innings in style. It was a combined bowling effort to bowl out West Indies for 280. Can’t wait for the decider at Cuttack. #INDvsWI @StarSportsIndia

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 18, 2019

 

2. Irfan Pathan’s ‘fantastic’ tweet for Team India

Fantastic from the batsmen thn bowling was impressive too by team https://t.co/eozT2EBydm come back 💪 #INDvsWI #rohit #rahul #shami #kuldeep #shreyas #pant

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 18, 2019

 

3. Brad Hogg enjoying Lendl Simmons’ batting

Simmons in an aggressive mood. Entertainment galore #BBPL #Cricket

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) December 18, 2019

 

4. Mithun Manhas congratulates Rohit Sharma

Just another normal day at the office!! 👊💯 Ind Vs WI pic.twitter.com/47y3lUdhyY

— Mithun Manhas 🇮🇳 (@MithunManhas) December 18, 2019

 

5. Prithvi Shaw sweating hard

Sweat. Time. Devotion. Only things in our control. Will keep working hard. Need all your love & blessings. Let’s make a great 2020. pic.twitter.com/bEAQgIFN5q

— Prithvi Shaw (@PrithviShaw) December 18, 2019

 

6. Brendan Taylor spending time with family

Had a fantastic time away with the family in Kariba. Many thanks to @KingfisherZW for making it all possible. I highly recommend staying with them and check out @BlueSwallowZW in Nyanga for an unforgettable experience. We look forward to coming back. pic.twitter.com/VgKKyOu4qu

— Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) December 18, 2019

 

7. Irfan Pathan amazed by Rohit Sharma’s belligerence

New Year resolution for ppl to have a year like @ImRo45 Watta player… watta year 2019 for #hitman

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 18, 2019

 

8. Harbhajan Singh picks his World XI

It's #YearRoundUp time and here's my pick for #WorldXI:

1) Virat Kohli
2) Ben Stokes
3) M.S. Dhoni
4) Vayu Raghvan
5) Shakib Al Hasan
6) Rohit Sharma
7) Mitchell Starc
8) Jasprit Bumrah
9) Imran Tahir
10) Rashid Khan
11) Mohammed Shami#Wrapped2019 #PPL19 #InsideEdge

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 18, 2019

 

9. Tim Paine praises Josh Phillippe

Wow.. how good is this bloke!!#philippe

— Tim Paine (@tdpaine36) December 18, 2019

 

10. Rahul Sharma wishes Mandeep Singh

Happy bday little god bless u bro always ⁦@mandeeps12⁩ 🎂😊🙌 pic.twitter.com/FvgIflgiOA

— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) December 18, 2019

 

11. Qais Ahmed ready to play for Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL

Its always nice to wear @HurricanesBBL jersey.we are ready for our 1st game @BBL.Request all my fans to have me in your prayers. Inshallah I will perform with best of my ability pic.twitter.com/5tBYgbLP62

— imqaisahmad (@imqaisahmadd) December 18, 2019

 

12. Vinod Kambli picks his favourite Sachin Tendulkar knock

My favourite ODI knock of Sachin has to be his quick fire 82 of 49 against the @BLACKCAPS 🇳🇿 in 1994 when he opened for the 1st time. I was lucky to be batting alongside him and see him bat ekdum bindaas! Maan la🏏🙌🏽#SachinODIDebutDay pic.twitter.com/i9CzG7Zb3T

— VINOD KAMBLI (@vinodkambli349) December 18, 2019

 

13. Danielle Wyatt wishes Laura Marsh on retirement

A very happy retirement to @lauramarsh7 😄 Amazing career that you should be so proud of. Thanks for making me feel welcome on my first few tours. Will be forever grateful. All the best in the next chapter Paaaaal! X pic.twitter.com/FVMhxuaAGb

— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) December 18, 2019

 

14. Umar Akmal wishes Imad Wasim on birthday

Happy birthday brother🎂👏🏼 https://t.co/gt03lUMYF1

— Umar Akmal (@Umar96Akmal) December 18, 2019

 

15. Hasan Ali wishes Imad Wasim 

Happy happy birthday @simadwasim 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

— Hassan Ali 🇵🇰 (@RealHa55an) December 18, 2019