Another day and another occasion that the great man Virat Kohli turned into a grand event given his absolute domination with the bat. In what was the very first time this season that the famed Royal Challengers Bengaluru faced the Kolkata Knight Riders, King Kohli turned an opportunity to attack into a magnificent outing for himself and his team given the magic of his bat. It’s one thing to hit a century, it’s quite another to do so in the fast paced and over curtailed format such as Twenty-20 cricket. Kohli did that by remaining unbeaten until the very end.
And also, another great rarity for this rare and truly exceptional talent with the bat being that his latest century in the Indian Premier League saw him carry his bat right until the very end. Forget not even for a second that the batter opens the innings for his RCB contingent. Scoring an exact knock of 100 unbeaten runs, Virat Kohli took just 60 deliveries to do. An integral feature of his boundary-riddled knock being the quick conversion of 1s into 2s; the experienced legend of the sport running after runs as if his life and that of his team’s depended on doing so. In the end, we saw Bengaluru thump Kolkata Knight Riders with 5 deliveries in stock. What an emphatic win for the team that not too long ago had been the IPL table toppers. Also seeing the great innings almost as a spectator from the dugout was Kohli’s own teammate Krunal Pandya who had some massively impressive words to shower on the accomplished icon.
The two have shared a common dressing room wearing the impassioned bold red colours for a few seasons now and the two take joy in witnessing each others’ success.
“First of all, Virat Kohli is a champion player. Even when he doesn’t score too many runs, someone like me gets very excited. For I know that he will make his comeback with the bat. So there’s never really any stress about the fact that Virat isn’t making runs. He has a lot of thunder in him. He is different. He is what he is; everyone knows that! And am pretty much sure that Virat Kohli will do Virat Kohli things. There is no doubt about it!”
The excitement around Kohli With the way the teams are positioned at this time with the playoffs just around the corner, Kohli’s dangerous form will further excite fans and keep his team in good stead for what lies ahead.
