Bollywood star Anushka Sharma is about to stroll the crimson carpet on the Cannes Film Festival however earlier than that she took a detour to Bengaluru to assist husband Virat Kohli within the final league match of the IPL 2023 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was a ‘must-win’ match for RCB and former captain Kohli did the whole lot in his to try to carry his facet to a win, scoring a file seventh hundred within the Indian Premier League.
Anushka was there within the stands on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru cheering on Kohli within the rain-delayed conflict on Sunday evening. After Kohli accomplished his century, Anushka was caught on digicam blowing kisses to her husband to rejoice his second successive ton in IPL 2023.
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Kohli ended up with 101 off 61 balls with 13 fours and 1 six to energy RCB to 197 for five after they have been despatched into bat by GT skipper Hardik Panyda. However, they have been trumped by an equally sensible century by GT opener Shubman Gill, who smashed 104 off 52 balls with eight sixes and 5 fours to carry his facet to a tenth win in 14 video games on Sunday.
“We wanted the momentum going, and wanted to finish on a high. As a bowler, Gill doesn’t give you a chance. Other batters also get confidence from it. We would have taken 197 at the start. We should have bowled good balls,” Hardik Pandya mentioned on the post-match presentation.
GT and Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya additionally praised a ‘special innings’ from Kohli. “It was a special innings from Virat as well. I can’t ask for anything better. Last year, everything went our way. This year, we were expecting people to challenge us. A lot of credit goes to all the boys,” Hardik added.
Kohli ended his marketing campaign within the IPL 2023 with 639 runs in 14 matches with 2 lots of and 6 fifties at a mean of 53.25 and a strike-rate of 139.82. He now holds the file of scoring essentially the most centuries within the historical past of IPL together with his seventh ton, surpassing former RCB teammate Chris Gayle who had six to his identify.
