1 week Ago
Virat Kohli was left in uncontrollable laughter, watching his acceptance speech on collecting the Player of the Match award after Royal Challengers Bangalore's victory over the Delhi Daredevils 14 years ago. Ace India batter and Royal Challengers Bengaluru star Virat Kohli was left embarrassed as he watched footage of his younger self pass a massive comment on Chris Gayle, admitting that he was very wrong to say something like that about the ‘Universe Boss.’ Kohli was left in uncontrollable laughter, watching his acceptance speech on collecting the Player of the Match award after Bengaluru’s victory over the Delhi Daredevils 14 years ago.
Four years since his debut in the Indian Premier League, Kohli won his first Player of the Match award in front of his home crowd in Delhi. Chasing 161, he had scored a 38-ball 56 to take Bengaluru over the line. “To be honest, I did not plan to bat like that.
But when I started to hit the ball well, I took charge from Chris. That was the plan in the middle so that he could play himself in and I could go for my shots because I was hitting it well," Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony. After Tillakaratne Dilshan’s dismissal on the second delivery of the chase, Gayle and Kohli built an 82-run partnership for the second wicket to take Bengaluru closer to the target.
“I don’t even know what I said. You guys brought it here from somewhere. Chris could play himself in? Waah! Ghalat fehmi dekh lo (Look at the misunderstanding)! Since the social media boom, fans have started analysing players’ quotes, which has become way too twisted," Kohli said while speaking on JioHotstar.
But on Thursday, his team suffered yet another defeat at home as Delhi came up trumps this time, winning the encounter by six wickets, thanks to KL Rahul’s brilliant 93-run knock. Chasing a modest 164, Delhi stuttered at the start, but Rahul’s composed innings from 53 deliveries with six sixes and seven boundaries did the job for his team. Tristan Stubbs played an important role with his 38 not out from 23 deliveries as well.
Veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a tight spell of 4-0-26-2 for Bengaluru but they just didn’t have enough runs on the board. Earlier, Tim David’s late 20-ball 37 not out and Phil Salt’s fireworks (37 off 17 balls) had lifted a struggling Bengaluru to 163/7 in their 20 overs..
