Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar lauded Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli’s excellent knock of 100 off 63 in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Thursday. Sachin praised Virat in his latest Twitter submit devoted to RCB’s dominant win in opposition to SRH.
“It was evident that this would be Virat’s day from the very first ball when he played that cover drive. Virat and Faf both looked in total control, they not only played many big shots but also ran rather well between the wickets to build a successful partnership. 186 wasn’t a big enough total for the way they both batted,” Tendulkar tweeted.
It was evident that this may be Virat’s day from the very first ball when he performed that cowl drive.
Virat and Faf each seemed in complete management, they not solely performed many massive pictures but additionally ran somewhat properly between the wickets to construct a profitable partnership.
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— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 18, 2023
Kohli notched up his sixth hundred within the IPL and have become the Indian batter with essentially the most centuries underneath his belt. He scored 100 runs off 63 balls in opposition to SRH and added a record-opening partnership with Faf du Plessis of 172 on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Many cricketers garnered reward for Kohli after he smashed his first century of this 12 months’s IPL. Legends Like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Suresh Raina, and Tom Moody took their Twitter to applaud Kohli’s expertise.
RCB with this win has reached to the highest 4 within the factors desk. They have 14 factors in 13 video games and can play their final group-stage recreation with Gujarat Titans at their residence floor M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
We got here up in opposition to Virat Kohli at his finest: Brian Lara
Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Brian Lara admitted that his crew got here up in opposition to a ‘Virat Kohli at his best’ however discovered it onerous to elucidate why they misplaced six out of the seven residence video games, which dashed their IPL 2023 play-offs possibilities. Already out of event, Sunrisers Hyderabad did submit a good complete of 186, driving on Heinrich Klaasen’s good hundred.
But Klaasen’s effort was overshadowed by former India skipper’s 63-ball-100 and his 172-run opening stand with skipper Faf du Plessis (71) as RCB gained by eight wickets with 4 balls to spare. “Our guys played brilliant cricket but we came up against Virat Kohli at his best, and Faf, who has done a tremendous job for RCB throughout the season. He (Faf) is current Orange Cap holder right – So we came up against two world class players and overall I felt was a good effort from the boys,” Lara mentioned after his crew’s ninth defeat in 13 video games as they languish on the backside of 10-team desk.
The legendary southpaw couldn’t put a finger on why SRH misplaced six residence video games which turned their undoing. “It’s hard to sit here and explain in a broad sense why but just that we are going to get better, but this sort of record – one win in seven (home games) is something you don’t expect but it has happened,” Lara mentioned.
