“The King is back”- Twitter goes beserk as Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar smash 50’s to push RCB’s score to 170 against GT

“The King is back”- Twitter goes beserk as Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar smash 50’s to push RCB’s score to 170 against GT

Virat Kohli vs Gujarat Titans

Royal Challengers Bangalore lock horns with the Gujarat Titans today in the 43rd match of IPL 2022. The match started at 3:30 PM in the afternoon and was held at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. The RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first. 

Virat Kohli who is having a difficult time in the IPL opened the innings with skipper Faf du Plessis. RCB’s young opener Anuj Rawat was left out from the starting 11 and was replaced by Rajat Patidar. Pradeep Sangwan picked up the wicket of South African opener du Plessis in the very first over. He departed for a duck facing four deliveries.

The RCB fans were desperately hoping for Virat Kohli to return to form. The former Indian skipper did not lose his wicket early on,  like he did on previous occasions this season. He was joined by the young Rajat Patidar and the duo formed a pretty commendable partnership. 

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Twitter reacts to Kohli’s knock: 

Virat vs GT
Virat vs GT

Kohli scored 58 runs off 53 balls before getting cleaned up by a brilliant Mohammed Shami yorker. Just when Bangalore started to look good and they needed to up the gear, Kohli lost his wicket. His well composed innings of 58 delighted the RCB fans. Kohli’s innings consisted of six fours and one six with the strike rate of 109.  Fans took to social media to express their feelings and views about Kohli’s knock.

https://twitter.com/AvinashBatwara4/status/1520377300369346560

The men in red ended their innings with a total of 170 runs on the board at the fall of six wickets. Other than Kohli’s well scored half century, Rajat Patidar and Glenn Maxwell contributed with crucial runs for the Royal Challengers. Mahipal Lomror also played a cameo scoring 16 of eight deliveries with two boundaries and a six in it. The onus is now on the RCB bowlers to restrict the Titans from chasing down the total of 170.

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