Bollywood star and spouse of former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, was on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday to cheer on her husband towards Chennai Super Kings (CSK) within the ‘Southern Derby’ of the IPL 2023. Before Anushka might cheer for Kohli and RCB, it was the star energy of CSK captain MS Dhoni which overtook the stadium and Anushka was left in awe.
Dhoni solely confronted the one ball within the match however the roar on the M. Chinnaswamy stadium was deafening for the previous India captain. Several photographs and movies of Anushka from the stadium went viral on social media.
In one such video, she was seen seating within the stands with RCB officers. She was greatly surprised by the group’s help for MS Dhoni when he got here to bat. She was caught telling her followers, “They love him,” when Dhoni was marking his guard.
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The clip was streamed only for just a few seconds however the eagle-eyed followers had been quick sufficient to lip-read what the Bollywood star was telling her pals. Soon after the clip went viral on social media, followers flooded the remark part with crimson hearts and hearth emoticons.
“Loved by whole universe #MSDhoni,” a fan wrote. Another fan commented, “Moment of the day.”
However, quickly after Anushka was left dissatisfied as her husband was dismissed for simply 6 by CSK’s ‘Impact Player’ Akash Singh. Chasing an enormous goal of 227, RCB suffered early blows as they misplaced the wickets of Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror. Akash Singh dismissed Kohli within the first over, whereas Tushar Deshpande obtained the higher of Lomror within the second.
Glenn Maxwell and captain Faf du Plessis dealt with RCB’s cost as they slammed CSK bowlers throughout the bottom whereas taking singles at common intervals. The duo of Maxwell and captain Du Plessis introduced up their 100-run partnership in simply 48 balls.
In the final over, CSK pacer Matheesha Pathirana defended an equation of 19 runs together with his excellent Yorkers and took the wicket of Suyash Prabhudessai at hand his crew 8 run win over RCB.
“Will tell the boys to take this in stride and move on. Personally, I got stiff and lost some power. I’d have liked to have gone harder in the middle period. I tried but couldn’t keep up,” Du Plessis stated after the match.
(with ANI inputs)
