Hoping to see Punjab Kings (PBKS) finish their residence matches on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, on a profitable observe, followers went residence upset on Sunday night as chasemaster Virat Kohli anchored Royal Challengers’ Bangalore (RCB) seven-wicket victory.
Followers cheering for Virat Kohli his 67th 50-plus rating in IPL, probably the most for any participant on this format, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, on Sunday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Whereas PBKS struggled on their residence floor, RCB raced away to their fifth win of the match with Kohli enthralling the gang along with his unbeaten 71-run knock which arrange the win. Regardless that, PBKS misplaced the sport, the Kohli followers had been jubilant seeing the cricketer hit his 67th 50-plus rating in IPL, probably the most for any participant on this format.
“I am a huge Virat Kohli fan. I support PBKS in the IPL but when they play RCB, I support Virat. He is my hero. I cheered all the beautiful shots he played during the match. The pitch looked a bit slow, and it needed a knock like Virat’s to make it count in the win. I was thrilled to see him remain unbeaten in the end,” mentioned Gurpreet Singh, a younger fan after the match ended. His 54-ball included seven hits to the fence and one six.
RCB made 159/3 in 18.5 overs in reply to PBKS 157/6 in 20 overs. Kohli and Devdutt Paddikal added 103 runs collectively to assist their crew chase down the goal.
PBKS received in opposition to Chennai Superkings and Kolkata Knight Riders of their earlier Mullanpur stadium residence matches and misplaced to Rajasthan Royals and now to RCB. They’ll play three residence matches on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Affiliation, Dharamsala Stadium, within the coming days.
Regardless that, it was a sizzling blazing-day sport, the stadium was housefull, with followers rooting for PBKS and cheering for Virat. Praising Kohli’s knock, PBKS head coach and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting mentioned, “Virat bats through tonight, sees his team home, and we weren’t good enough to capitalise on a good start. He did it for RCB.”
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who starred in PBKS win over KKR within the final residence taking 4 wickets, couldn’t replicate his efficiency as PBKS did not defend the entire. “It was amazing to see Chahal turn the match around in the last tie. I was hoping to see the same magic from him against RCB as well but then Virat is a world-class batter he played him well,” added one other fan.
The Mullanpur stadium hosted the IPL video games for the second season and now, followers will subsequent witness the ICC Ladies’s Cricket ODI World Cup league video games and the ultimate occurring in October and November.