Star RCB batter Virat Kohli continued on his sensational form to clatter a third half-century in 4 innings in IPL 2023 as he managed a score of 50 (34) against Delhi Capitals, at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
In the hot afternoon in Bangalore, Virat Kohli came out with intent and purpose, and showed it right away against one of the fastest bowlers in the world, Anrich Nortje. He cracked Nortje for two fours in the first over itself and proceeded to register another brilliant half-century with the help of 6 gorgeous boundaries and one disdainful sixer to Mustafizur.
While hitting proved to be a difficult task for other batters, Virat Kohli showed his class with a smooth knock, which unfortunately ended when he hit a full toss from Lalit Yadav straight to the deep mid-wicket fielder.
Kohli was very animated in the celebration of his half-century though; he looked pumped up and aggressive, more than usual while celebrating reaching his landmark.
Many fans thought this was Virat Kohli’s perfect reply to his critics, in particular Bhogle. The commentator had raised an issue after Kohli’s half-century against Lucknow Super Giants, about the batter slowing down near his fifty, after RCB lost to LSG in a last-ball thriller.
What did Harsha Bhogle tweet about Virat Kohli?
Bhogle had lamented Virat Kohli’s slowdown after the powerplay in that LSG game, tweeting “This game confirms everything we have been talking about strike rates. Kohli 61(44), eventual SR of 139 but got 16(15) at the end. Du Plessis 79(46) eventual SR of 172 but was 33(30). Those balls don’t come back. And #RCB were short in the end. It is not about the eventual SR.”
On commentary, Simon Doull had said similarly about the slowdown by Kohli.
Now, after the 34-year-old RCB batter hit a fifty on a slow-ish pitch against DC, Virat Kohli fans trolled veteran commentator Bhogle.
Here are some of the tweets:
Today Virat Kohli reached to 50 runs from 42 in just 3 balls.
Condition of Harsha Bhogle and Simon Doull right now pic.twitter.com/4EjHLA3k8p
— Avinash (@imavinashvk) April 15, 2023
#ViratKohli𓃵 #RCBvDC #ViratKohli
The aggressive celebration of Virat Kohli vintage stuff reply to naughty Harsha bhogle https://t.co/P15illzWDz— BOBjr (@superking1816) April 15, 2023
Virat kohli gives a perfect reply to Harsha bhogle and Simon doull
A tight slap on there faces 🔥 https://t.co/sM11qcplmw
— ANSH. (@KohliPeak) April 15, 2023
Reply to Harsha and Simon ? pic.twitter.com/tYZgaEE4Wr
— Beast ⁷ (@Beast_xx_) April 15, 2023
Dumbwits Harsha and doull don't know a thing about RCB collapse.
Virat 's wicket is too valuable for this team. https://t.co/oolwBnYrgR— Kartheek_Özil 🦁 (@Bareddykartheek) April 15, 2023
https://twitter.com/Meeeenakshii/status/1647080435435044864?s=20
Take that Harsha Bhogle 🔥🔥🔥#ViratKohli𓃵 #IPL2023 #RCBvDC pic.twitter.com/kgnk7OwE8t
— Jyotirmay Das (@dasjy0tirmay) April 15, 2023
https://twitter.com/virat__1817/status/1647189952550309889?s=20
Simon doull and harsha bhogle with maganlal and CNK right now. pic.twitter.com/7uW2VAMGeI
— No country. (@NoCountry11) April 15, 2023
Harsha I have respected you for all these years. But you're expecting batters to play baseball. https://t.co/bDQCFQpzYC
— Archith (inactive) (@UtdArc) April 14, 2023
Where is harsha who was mocking Kohli for slow innings.. look at consequences today
— Rahul 🔆 (@SharmaRahul1988) April 15, 2023
RCB vs DC Teams
DC (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Abishek Porel(w), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman
RCB (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak
DC Subs: Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Chetan Sakariya
RCB Subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Anuj Rawat
