‘Tough night’: Virat Kohli breaks silence on RCB’s second defeat in three games in IPL 2024 | Cricket News

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star Royal Challengers (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Chinnnnaswamy Stadium on Friday After losing to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), he won the “Man of the Match” award in the dressing room. After losing the match, Virat, who smashed 83 off 59 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes, was presented with a gift basket by his teammate Glenn Maxwell. His knock got RCB to 182/6 in 20 overs, but explosive knocks from Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer meant KKR had 19 left ball and 7 wickets in hand, taking the score to 182/6.

As RCB’s X chief was quoted in the video, Virat said after receiving the award: “On a more serious note, we had a tough night and we all know that. We are much better than this, So just us accepting it and moving forward with the same courage and the same belief in our craft. That’s all we can think about, so let’s continue on this path.”

Virat is also the current ‘Orange Cap’ holder with the most runs in IPL 2023, having scored 181 runs in three innings at an average of 90.50 and a strike rate of over 141. He has scored two half-centuries with a best score of 83*.

After KKR won, they chose to field. After losing captain Faf early on, Virat Kohli put up a 65-run partnership with Cameron Green (33 off 21 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) and a 65-run partnership with Glenn Maxwell Cooperated for 42 runs (28 off 19 balls with 3 fours and 1 six). six). Virat scored 83* in 59 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes and took RCB’s score to 182 in 20 overs along with Dinesh Karthik (20* in 8 balls with 3 sixes) /6.

Andre Russell (2/29) and Harshit Rana (2/39) are the bowlers for KKR.

In the run-chase, Phil Salt (30 off 20 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes) and Sunil Narine (22 balls Scored 47 runs (including 2 fours and 5 sixes) with a quick score of 86 to help KKR get off to a good start. 39 balls. After Vyshak and Mayank Dagar (1/23 each) dismissed the openers, Venkatesh Iyer (50 off 30 balls, including 3 fours and 4 sixes) and captain Shreyas Iyer (39 off 24 balls, including 2 sixes) Four balls and two sixes) guided KKR to a 7-wicket victory with 19 balls remaining.

Sunil won the Man of the Match award in his 500th match with 47 wickets and 1 wicket.

RCB is ranked sixth in the table with 1 win and 2 losses. They only have two points. With two wins from two games, KKR are in second place with 4 points.