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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s star batter Virat Kohli is enjoying a terrific outing with the bat, even as the side has been at the wrong end of the results on six of the seven occasions at the Indian Premier League so far. Kohli, with 361 runs in seven innings, is at the top of the Orange Cap list, and on Sunday, it seemed the RCB would take a punt on Kohli with the ball, too, as a rather hilarious moment was captured by the broadcast cameras before the start of the game.
As the players took the field at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Kohli handed his cap to one of the on-field umpires and took the ball, seemingly giving the impression that he would start the proceedings for the RCB with the ball. Naturally, the fans at the stadium began to cheer loudly, and Kohli, too, continued in his act by doing the classic Undertaker ‘neck-slice’ move as he pointed towards Sunil Narine, the KKR opener.
Narine has been key to Kolkata Knight Riders’ success in IPL 2024. The West Indies all-rounder has been opening the batting for them, and has been in red hot form. He is currently KKR’s highest run-scorer and is fifth in the Orange Cap race with 286 runs in seven matches. Against RCB, however, he failed to fire, getting dismissed for only 10 runs off 15 balls. Much of the credit for Narine’s wicket goes to Virat Kohli as well, whose catch affected the dismissal.
Source – HT
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