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Virat Kohli played an inning of 83 runs
Kohli slowed down in the last 5 overs
New Delhi. Virat Kohli is in great form in the current season of IPL. He played an inning of 83 runs in the match against KKR, which is his second consecutive half century this season. Virat hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in 59 balls. However, despite this innings, his team RCB lost to KKR by 7 wickets in this match. Seeing the way Virat was batting, it seemed that he would score a century here but it did not happen. He batted for full 20 overs. In the last 5 overs, he was seen batting slower than expected. After this the fans started criticizing him fiercely. Former Team India captain Sunil Gavaskar gave a befitting reply to Virat’s critics. He silenced his critics.
In the RCB vs KKR match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, a lot of fours and sixes were hit from both the teams. Virat Kohli had scored 62 runs in 43 balls by the 15th over. After this, he was seen struggling for runs in the last 5 overs. He scored 21 runs on 16 balls. Seeing Virat’s slow batting in the last 5 overs, people started criticizing him. Seeing this happening, Sunil Gavaskar explained to the critics with an example why Kohli batted slowly in the end. Gavaskar said that if it had happened as I am saying, perhaps Virat would have scored 120 runs instead of 83.
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Sunil Gavaskar said, ‘You tell me what Kohli will do alone. Someone should support them. If he had got support from a partner from the other end in this match, he would have played an inning of 120 runs instead of 83. This is a team game. Not of anyone alone. He did not get anyone’s support today. Apart from Virat, no other batsman from RCB could touch the figure of 40.
Virat Kohli became sixer king
Virat Kohli has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes for RCB in IPL. During this time, he broke the record of great Chris Gayle who had hit 239 sixes while playing for RCB. Kohli has hit 241 sixes in 232 innings, whereas Gayle has hit these sixes in 84 innings. AB de Villiers had hit 238 sixes in 144 innings while playing in IPL for RCB.
Kohli scored 3344 runs in the team’s defeat
In the history of IPL, Virat Kohli is at the top in terms of scoring the most runs in a team’s defeat. He has scored 3344 runs for RCB in IPL so far. David Warner is at second place in this list, who has scored 2738 runs in the team’s defeat, while Shikhar Dhawan is at third place with 2696 runs.
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Tags: IPL, RCB vs KKR, sunil gavaskar, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 30, 2024, 08:10 IST