Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to advance to the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs. “From 100% to 100%” became one of X’s top trends. weekend.
Remarkably, this was RCB’s sixth consecutive victory in IPL 2024 and helped them reach the knockout stages of the tournament.
Midway through the IPL, RCB were on the outside looking in as they were lying at the bottom of the table with only one win showing in the win-loss column.
But their comeback was led by Virat Kohli, the only player to score over 700 runs in the current edition of the IPL.
Virat Kohli once again created history at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and played a vital role in RCB’s victory.
The 35-year-old smashed 47 off 29 balls to become the first cricketer to score over 3,000 runs at a single venue in the tournament.
En route to his explosive knock, Virat Kohli’s tally at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium soared to 3040 runs in 89 matches.
Following Virat Kohli in the elite list is Rohit Sharma. The 37-year-old scored 2295 runs in 80 matches at Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium.
It was a double joy for Virat Kohli over the weekend. At the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium he reached 3000 runs and with six consecutive wins he ensured his IPL playoff berth for RCB and ousted defending champions his CSK from the 17th cash-rich league. I did.
The former India captain started the innings with an aggressive approach in the powerplay and hit several big sixes, including a maximum of 98 meters off the bowling of Tushar Pandey in RCB’s essay third over.
Virat Kohli led RCB’s onslaught in the early overs of the contest as skipper Faf du Plessis initially struggled to find his touch.
Virat Kohli was dealing with sixes and boundaries and looked all set for another century in the IPL. However, his active run-scoring was interrupted by the introduction of spin after the power play.
New Zealand left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, who has historically caused problems for Virat Kohli in both international and IPL matches, was on the money from the start.
Virat Kohli felt it was tough against him and tried to hit him over the ropes. However, he was caught at long-on in the 10th over and died on that one.
Despite Virat Kohli’s dismissal, RCB posted a healthy 218/5 on the board, with Faf du Plessis (54 off 39), Rajat Patidar (41 off 23) and Cameron Green ( 38* out of 17) were the other major contributors. to their score.
In response, CSK got off to a disastrous start, losing captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for nothing on the first ball of the first innings.
Thereafter, CSK could only score 191/7 in their allotted 20 overs, falling short by 27 runs.
Former Team India cricketers Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra praised Virat Kohli’s batting performance in the match against CSK.
Former India opener winners also praised RCB for making an unlikely comeback in the tournament.
“It was a great game, a great season. Such a turnaround is possible. Royal Challengers Bangalore did a great job – Royal Comeback Bangalore. They changed their name this year and changed their act. The start wasn’t that great . It seemed like I wasn’t going anywhere. Let’s take a bow,” Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
“Whether it was Virat Kohli or Faf du Plessis or Yash Dayal, he was great. Remember, there were nights when he scored 29 runs for 56 in the last over and today he was hit on the first ball. Despite that, it was a night where they conceded 11 runs in their next five balls. They made it to the play-offs after a disastrous start to the tournament,” added the cricket expert.
“Starts mattered, and he mattered starts.” [Virat Kohli] What they gave was great. Faf du Plessis scored more but needed the momentum Kohli set up. He left with 47 points but a strike rate of 162. Great batting from Virat. He did what he was known for.Virat Kohli is a big player in a big match, it was a lot of fun. [bade match ke bade player hai Virat Kohli toh dekhkar bada anand aaya mujhe]. I was happy that he scored a run and the team won. Other than that, most of the time he performed, but the team didn’t win, so I’m disappointed. But today, he succeeded, the team won, and they qualified for the playoffs. So, it’s a double party today,” Virender Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
