Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stand-in captain Virat Kohli wasn’t in the perfect of moods after bowling first of their IPL 2023 match towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Kohli and RCB have been condemned to a 21-run defeat by KKR with the house group’s bowler carted round for yet one more 200-plus whole.
KKR opener Jason Roy set the tempo for Nitish Rana’s aspect, hammering 56 off 29 balls in a gap partnership of 83 runs with Narayan Jagadeesan. Kohli was seen sulking within the area, in a video which went viral as Roy smashed left-arm spinning all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed for 4 sixes in a single over. Shahbaz solely bowled that solitary over, conceding 25 runs in it.
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RCB grew to become the aspect to concede 200 runs most instances within the historical past of IPL – 24 instances – surpassing the report of Punjab Kings, who’ve conceded it 23 instances. They are adopted by KKR (18), Chennai Super Kings (17), Delhi Capitals (16), Rajasthan Royals (14), Sunrisers Hyderabad (14) and Mumbai Indians (11).
We deserved to lose: RCB captain Virat Kohli
Kohli was irate after dropping the match towards KKR, who ended their four-match dropping IPL 2023. RCB stand-in skipper stated his group deserved to lose the match.
(*4*) Kohli stated on the post-match presentation.
KKR captain Nitish Rana was happy by the collective efforts from his aspect. “Today we wanted to put up a total and hope for spin to come in. We thought it was dry and it would turn. As such it didn’t quite turn but our bowlers turned up. Suyash has always been the first to out his hand up and say I will do it for you. We hope to keep repeating what we did today,” Rana stated after the match.
Chasing 201 to win, RCB have been restricted to 179 for 8 despite a forty ninth IPL fifty by Kohli. Varun Chakravarthy picked up 3/27 and Andre Russell claimed 2/29 for Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-owned KKR aspect.
