Ahead of the mega conflict between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Friday night time, an outdated video of Gautam Gambhir is surfacing throughout the web through which he has spoken in regards to the opposition for tonight’s conflict of KKR.
“One team which I wanted to beat every time, probably even in my dreams was RCB. Probably the second-most high profile team, flamboyant team with the owner and probably the squad – Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers. Honestly not won anything, still thought they won everything. That kind of attitude. I can’t take that. Probably the three best wins that KKR ever had was against RCB,” Gautam Gambhir says within the video expressing how a lot he wished to beat the Bengaluru crew each time his crew confronted them. (IPL 2024: Virat Kohli Vs Gautam Gambhir 3.0 Coming? Dinesh Karthik’s Honest Remark Ahead Of RCB vs KKR Clash Goes Viral – Watch)
Watch the video right here:
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Coming to the newest match, former Australia skipper Steve Smith stated that the competition between legendary batter Virat Kohli and left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc will likely be attention-grabbing to observe as each gamers have been expert performers. (IPL 2024: Virat Kohli’s ICE-COLD Look Directed At Gautam Gambhir Sets Internet On Fire Ahead Of RCB vs KKR Clash)
The Kolkata-based franchise will lock horns in opposition to RCB of their upcoming match within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Starc has returned to IPL after a very long time. This is his first season since 2015 when he represented RCB. Kohli and Starc has by no means faced-off one another within the cash-rich league as far as his first season (2014) with RCB solely.
“I quite like [Starc’s] match-up to Virat, the ability to swing the ball back down the line as a lefty. We have seen him [Kohli] get out on a few occasions to Shaheen Afridi, Trent Boult, Mohammad Amir. In the first game against Punjab Kings, Kohli had an opportunity off Sam Curran dropped at slip. So I quite like the left-handed match-up,” Smith stated on ESPNcricinfo’s TimeOut.
Smith stated that Starc will attempt to get outdoors edge whereas angling it away in the identical method through which Sam Curran tried within the final match however at way more tempo.
“Starcy’s going to swing the ball back down the line early on, I’d imagine, and then use the wobble seam to go across him [Kohli], and potentially try and nick him off. It’s going to be a good game, and I’m aware Virat would know how Starc’s trying to attack him as well – whether he tries to potentially come down the track [to] just take the swing out of play [we’ll see]. It’s going to be interesting to see how he counters it,” the 34-year-old added.
Kohli has confronted 28 deliveries from Starc in T20I cricket whereas taking part in for India. In 5 battles, Kohli struck Starc for 47 runs with out being dismissed. Kohli averages 31.53 in opposition to left-arm seamers in T20s, with 52 dismissals.
In the tip, Smith stated that he is certain that Kohli might need seen has knowledge in opposition to Starc and left-arm seamers within the shortest format of the sport and can attempt his greatest to enhance it.
“You obviously learn as you go along, and you understand what players are trying to do to try and get you out. I’m sure he would have seen that [data], and tried to improve on that throughout. So it’s going to be a nice match-up,” the Sydney-born participant concluded. (With ANI inputs)
