WATCH: Virat Kohli takes a stunner to get rid of Trent Boult in RCB vs RR clash

WATCH: Virat Kohli takes a stunner to get rid of Trent Boult in RCB vs RR clash

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli from Royal Challengers Bangalore grabbed a stunning catch to send back Rajasthan Royals Trent Boult on Tuesday, April 26 at the MCA Stadium.

This happened on the first ball of 17th over when Harshal Patel came to bowl. Patel delivered a slower ball, on a length, around middle. Trent Boult made room and dragged it with the inner half of his bat towards short mid-wicket. Virat Kohli dived to his left and grabbed a stunning catch.

You can watch Virat Kohli’s catch video here:

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RCB vs RR match so far

Virat Kohli
Riyan Parag

Meanwhile RCB had won the toss and opted to bowl first. Rajasthan openers Jos Buttler and the current Orange Cap holder failed to score runs today as he was Josh Hazlewood sent him for a cheap score. The ball was on a length and around off, it stayed low a bit. Buttler looked to pull but didn’t time it well, he hit it to mid-on where Mohammed Siraj ran forward and took a superb catch diving low to his left.

“We are only halfway through the tournament and he’s (Jos Buttler) already scored 490-odd runs. Generally, people score that many runs in an entire season. He’s batting extremely well this season,” former cricketer Piyush Chawla said on Star Sports’ show Cricket Live.

Another opener Devdutt Padikkal also walked off with 7 off 7 from an LBW off Mohammed Siraj. Ravichandran Ashwin played a quick knock of 17 off 9 with 4 fours and gave away his wicket to Siraj. Sanju Samson played a slow innings of 27 off 21 with four and 3 sixes. Daryl Mitchell played 16 off 24 balls.

But it was with the help of Riyan Parag’s much needed half-century knock that made RR reach at least a decent score of 144/8. Parag smashed 3 fours and 4 sixes to score an unbeaten 56 off 31 balls. The later batsmen only scored single digit runs.

From RCB’s bowlers, Siraj, Hazlewood, and Wanindu Hasaranga grabbed 2 wickets each while Harshal Patel took 1 wicket.

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