“When I step away from the IPL…”: RCB star Will Jacques pays wonderful tribute to ‘legend’ Virat Kohli cricket news

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batting all-rounder Will Jacks has praised star batsman Virat Kohli and called him a “giant of the game”. Jacques and Kohli stitched a 133-run partnership while chasing the target of 201 runs set by Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Sunday. Kohli scored 70 runs in 44 balls at a strike rate of 159.09. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes against GT.

Meanwhile, Jacques scored 100 runs in just 41 balls at a strike rate of 243.90. The 25-year-old player faced only sixes and hit 10 overhead boundaries and 5 fours.

Speaking after the match, Jacques said that Kohli is a player whom everyone respects. The English cricketer said that he will learn many things after playing with the talismanic batsman.

The right-handed batsman said he needs to be more “adaptable” at the start of his innings in the upcoming matches.

“It’s amazing, he is a legend of the game and a player everyone respects. It’s been a great experience to spend some time in the middle and there’s been a lot to learn. When I step away from the IPL, I’m going to learn a lot more from batting.” Will learn.” “I’ll try to play with him. I’ll just have to be a little more adaptable at the beginning of my innings and pace myself a little bit,” Jacques said.

Summarizing the match, RCB won the toss and decided to field against GT. After this, Sai Sudarshan (84) and Shahrukh Khan (58) performed brilliantly to take GT to 200/3.

RCB bowlers were sluggish in the beginning of the game. Maxwell, Siraj and Swapnil were the only wicket-taking bowlers for the visiting team.

Thanks to Virat Kohli (70) and Will Jacques (100) during the run chase, RCB defeated GT by 9 wickets and achieved its third win of the season.

Sai Kishore was the only wicket-taker for GT after dismissing Faf du Plessis in the fourth over.

After the win, RCB are still at the bottom of the IPL 2024 standings with six points. Meanwhile, GT is placed seventh with 8 points after winning four out of 10 matches.

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