IPL 2024: Kohli's crucial 84 run-knock guides RCB to 182 vs KKR
Updated On: 30 March, 2024 07:10 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
For all that, though, this was largely about Kohli, some of the spectacular shots on the up over the off-side and muscular slog-sweeps against Narine and Varun Chakravarthy
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RCB’s Virat Kohli celebrates his half-ton against KKR in Bangalore yesterday. Pic/PTI
For the second game in a row, Virat Kohli (83 not out) flexed his batting muscle, treating a massive gathering at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to a sumptuous feast of delectable shot-making. Against old foes Kolkata Knight Riders, Kohli began like a man on a mission, teeing off from the get-go with Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell for company in the first half of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s innings.
However, it was left to Dinesh Karthik to provide the final push with three sixes off eight deliveries on a track where playing shots freely became a little more difficult against the older ball, and especially when the bowlers took the pace off. Karthik’s cameo and Kohli—he batted through the innings—muscled the home side to 182 for six after they were asked to bat first by Shreyas Iyer. KKR will reflect on their effort in the field and wonder what might have been had they held their chances. Maxwell was reprieved by Ramandeep Singh at deep mid-wicket off Sunil Narine when 11 and then by Narine himself off Harshit Rana when 21, and while the ground fielding was electric, the catching left a lot to be desired.
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