Following Royal Challengers Bengaluru(RCB)’s seven-wicket victory over Punjab Kings (PBKS), Virat Kohli showed clear excitement. After RCB managed to successfully chase down their target of 158 with seven balls remaining, Kohli faced Shreyas Iyer and had an animated celebration.
After Virat Kohli did his celebration, he was approached by Shreyas Iyer and the two got into what looked to be a fun exchange as Kohli was super excited. Royal Challengers Bengaluru secured the victory after Noor Ahmed had hit a six over the mid-wicket.
Virat Kohli Sledging Shreyas Iyer after win against PBKS! 🤣💀#ViratKohli𓃵 #RCBvPBKS pic.twitter.com/ZbKxqzzKfx
— Hem Choudhary (@HemChoudhary877) April 20, 2025
This victory pushed RCB to the third spot in the IPL 2025 points table, as they now have 10 points out of 8 matches played with a decent Net Run Rate of +0.472. On the other hand, Punjab Kings have been pushed down to the fourth position.
Coming to the match, Devdutt Padikkal (61 off 35 balls), who is quite an elegant batter when in form, scored his first IPL half-century in 22 innings while chases like these have been a cakewalk for someone of Kohli’s caliber as he played second fiddle for the better part of his innings. The latter remained unbeaten on 73 runs from 54 deliveries.
The duo added 103 in 11.3 overs by playing textbook cricketing strokes with minimal risk. It was Kohli, who started off with a signature pull off Arshdeep Singh where the rolling of wrists kept the ball down and a bowler’s back-drive off Xavier Bartlett to signal his intentions.
He got an able partner in Padikkal, who hit fours and sixes in equal measure. The best of the lot from Padikkal certainly was the lofted one off Marco Jansen where his bat swing was picture perfect. Padikkal was finally gone trying to got for a fifth six off left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar’s bowling but by then RCB had all but pocketed the game.
Once he completed his 50 off 42 balls, Kohli slashed Arshdeep deliberately behind point for a boundary. But undoubtedly the best shot was an inside out straight six off Yuzvendra Chahal. Jitesh Sharma finished off the match with a wonderful six as RCB completed the 158-run target in 18.5 overs and moved to the third spot on the table with 10 points.
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