Star batsman Virat Kohli’s return to action did not go as he hoped as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) suffered a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Kim in their IPL 2024 opener on Friday, March 22 Chennai Super Kings (CSK). He has been out of action since early January and captained England for the Test series due to personal reasons. He and wife Anushka Sharma welcomed their second child last month and Kohli traveled to London to spend time with his family.
After returning to the field, Kohli struggled with time of possession and managed just 21 out of 20 balls. CSK batsman Sameer Rizvi’s gesture towards Kohli went viral after the defending champions beat RCB by 6 wickets. As players from both sides exchanged greetings, Rizvi took off his hat while shaking hands with Kohli.
After the video went viral on social media, Rizvi posted a picture with Kohli on Instagram.
Sameer Rizvi made a point of taking off his hat while shaking hands with Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/sVbORwnlkQ
— (@wrognxvirat) March 23, 2024
“Legend forever,” he wrote in the caption of the post.
Despite a frustrating performance with the bat, Kohli entertained the fans and some of his teammates with a quirky dance number to Thalapathy Vijay’s hit song “Appadi Podu”.
CSK, meanwhile, has not lost to RCB at home since 2008 and maintained its enviable record with a six-wicket win in the opening match of IPL 2024.
Mustafizul took his best-ever IPL figures of 4/29 in four overs, restricting RCB to 173 runs for 6 on a good batting line, including 95 for the sixth wicket A 50-ball stand between Anuj Rawat (48 off 25 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (38 not out off 26 balls) were the visitors’ only saviors.
Jadeja (25 not out off 17 balls), who brings a wealth of experience at a time when the run chase can get tricky, urged a rusty Dube (34 off 28 balls) to complete some quick doubles to finish with 18.4 The chase was completed in one round. By the end, Dube was finishing the chase quickly and he was growing more confident in Jadeja’s company.
(with PTI input)
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