Captured on stump mic, Virat Kohli’s brilliant reply to Wriddhiman Saha’s “stop the runs, pull the match” plea. cricket news

Whenever there is a conversation between a wicketkeeper and a player on the field, its glimpse is captured on the stump mic. As Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced Gujarat Titans (GT) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match on Saturday, an epic interaction between Virat Kohli and Wriddhiman Saha was captured on the stump mic. With no big score to defend on the board, Saha urged his teammates to do their best to stop the flow of runs. But, Kohli got an overwhelming response.

This conversation took place when RCB were 2 wickets short of 100 runs and their flow of runs had reduced due to quick dismissals in the middle. Hoping to swing the momentum in his team’s favour, Saha said: “stop runs, draw matches (Stop the runs, extend the match)”. Hearing this, Virat said: “How did you cry? [(I’ll see) how you will stretch the match],

However, Titans made a brave comeback in the match and took a total of 6 wickets but derailed the Royal Challengers’ target. But, Dinesh Karthik ensured that his team won despite the hurdles.

For the game, Mohammed Siraj became the match-winner for RCB with his 2 early wickets of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill. After the game, Siraj also earned praise from Royal Challengers Bangalore assistant coach Adam Griffith for his exemplary performance.

“The start to the tournament wasn’t that good, especially in the powerplay. That’s something we really focused on. Lately we made sure we worked really hard to get a better start to the group. “Tonight, it was one of the better ones, and it was good to see the hard work pay off,” Griffiths said in the post-match press conference.

The 46-year-old praised Siraj, calling him the leader of the group.

“Siraj is the leader of our group. He is our most experienced bowler, especially among the Indian fast bowlers and also among our international players. He is bowling well, but not only that, it is his body language, his aggression. ” He is trying to get wickets, that is an important part of what he does,” the RCB assistant coach insisted.