AB de Villiers heaped reward on Virat Kohli after Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by eight wickets on Sunday within the IPL 2023.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 3, 2023 14:27 IST
IPL 2023: Kohli, de Villiers interact in hilarious change after RCB’s win vs MI. Courtesy: AB de Villiers Instagram
By India Today Sports Desk: Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers was left awestruck after Virat Kohli performed a match-winning knock for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in opposition to Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
De Villiers lauded Kohli, however in a hilarious method. He uploaded an image the place Kohli was batting and he was standing at brief leg.
De Villiers took to his Instagram deal with and wrote, “When you’re standing at short leg but know you’re not in the game, cause this guy wasn’t gonna edge any of them last night! Well played RCB.”
“Hahaha,” Kohli responded together with a love emoticon.
Courtesy: AB de Villiers Instagram
Kohli began off his IPL 2023 marketing campaign on a stupendous word and carried his worldwide kind into the T20 league. The right-handed batter stayed unbeaten on 82 runs off 49 balls with six fours and 5 sixes.
On the again of his knock, the Challengers chased down the goal with 22 balls to spare. Kohli and Faf du Plessis placed on 148 runs for the opening wicket off 14.5 overs to put the platform for RCB of their run-chase.
The Delhi-born Kohli additionally took the assault to quick bowler Jofra Archer, who made his debut for MI after lacking the final season on account of accidents.
Kohli, within the meantime, turned the seventh batter to attain 3000 runs as a gap batter within the historical past of the event. The veteran can be the all-time main run-scorer within the event and isn’t distant from 7000 runs.
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sabyasachi chowdhury
Published On:
Apr 3, 2023
