Former captain Virat Kohli smashed a sublime six over long-on to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday night. RCB played their first match in their home ground after a gap of three years and Kohli didn’t disappoint the fans one bit as he smashed unbeaten 82 runs off 49 balls which was laced with six fours and five sixes.
It was a magnificent knock and Kohli made it even more memorable by sealing the win for RCB with an astonishing six.
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" " #KingKohli takes #RCB over the line with a sublime 6️⃣#TATAIPL #IPLonJioCinema | @RCBTweets @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/DUpY55ZfLM— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 2, 2023
RCB won the match with 22 balls to spare as Kohli smacked young Arshad Khan for a boundary on the first ball of the 17th over and then the under-pressure bowler gave away a wide. On the second legal delivery, Arshad bowled right in his zone and Kohli smacked it in the stands to finish off things in style.
Fans on Twitter praised Kohli for his brilliant knock as some also drew comparisons of his six with MS Dhoni’s World Cup-winning six in 2011 on a day which coincidentally was the 12th anniversary of India’s memorable triumph.
same shot to finish in style by King Virat Kohli against mumbai indiansRemember me the day of 2 April 2011 when dhoni finish in the style india lift the world cup after 28 yrs .tribute to all indians.RCB RCB RCB #RCBvMI#TATAIPL2023 pic.twitter.com/0UtIg10quw— Durgesh Singh Mertiya (@DurgeshsMertiya) April 2, 2023
King Kohli giving Tribute to Ms dhoni 2011 winning six on today 2nd April, Historic day !! #MahiRat ❤️ #ViratKohli #RCBvsMIpic.twitter.com/rDeDEHttrs— ❤️ (@impkdurg26) April 2, 2023
Virat Kohli gave a tribute to MS Dhoni’s world cup winning six on 2nd Arpil itself. Biggest fan of Mahi in the world. #RCBvMI #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/4OjR3JYDcI— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) April 2, 2023
Virat Kohli finish the match with a SIX on iconic day when India won 2011 World Cup and MD Dhoni finish with a SIX.The Tribute from the King Kohli.#ViratKohli #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/guKdPh66q0
— I’m always with u (@Dawoodkh0786) April 2, 2023
Earlier, Kohli and Faf du Plessis dished out a chasing master-class with a 148-run opening partnership to make a mockery of the chase.
Du Plessis made 73 off 43 balls, including five fours and six sixes. The two batting superstars displayed supreme athleticism during their stand as they ran hard to collect singles.
Earlier, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley and Karn Sharma starred to reduce Mumbai to 123/7 who were 48/4 at one point. But Tilak Varma stood tall and impressed with his skill and temperament in hitting nine fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 182.6.
MO got 69 runs from the last five overs. Varma was the lone warrior for his franchise as he smashed a scintillating 84 off 46 balls to single-handedly power MI to 171 for seven.
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