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Former RCB skipper and batting superstar, Virat Kohli failed to live up to his stature in the 43rd match against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2023. He could score only 31 runs off 30 balls with a poor strike rate of 103.33 having only three boundaries to his name. He got dismissed off LSG’s wrist spinner Ravi Bishnoi on the last ball of the ninth over in the first innings.
Subsequently, a certain section of Indian cricket fans immediately took to Twitter to troll Virat Kohli for his sluggish knock in the all-important clash for RCB against LSG. They went on to troll the 34-year-old for his intent and batting approach in the shortest format of the game when the team sent him to open the innings.
Here’s how fans trolled Virat Kohli for his 30-ball 31-run knock:
Tuktuk king flat track bully
— Sonu Jat (@Sonu_jat18) May 1, 2023
And he said i play for the team
— GOVIND (@GOVINDRAUNIYA17) May 1, 2023
Cricket outside Chinnaswamy isn’t for you bud @imVkohli
— unknown user (@tamilan_jr) May 1, 2023
Brilliant for Bishnoi. Virat's struggle against spin continues. pic.twitter.com/9XAn8O2S4B
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) May 1, 2023
Really ugly innings. Felt like KL was batting today
— Tom Gravestone (@Whygravestone) May 1, 2023
Test match chokli 🤣🤣
— Soham Mali (@soham_9mali) May 1, 2023
I think RCB made a mistake by dropping Shahbaz, yeah he is in bad form but instead of Anuj he can play, Shahbaz is better batsman against spin and he will bowl useful spin bowling in second innings, i think RCB missed the trick
— Mohamed Annas (@MohamedAnnas23) May 1, 2023
Match winning knock for LSG
— samrat (@45isEmotion) May 1, 2023
103.33 strike rate....Even Worse than previous innings. I hope Maxwell plays a quick knock
— NotZEKROM (@RTC_ZeKrom) May 1, 2023
Everyone trolled KL but now no one will speak
— DhoniFanRoshan 🦁 (@ItsRoshan124) May 1, 2023
Rare failure missed centuries if he had played 50-60 ball more he could have scored more 70 runs
— GOATROHIT45 (@sachinq518) May 1, 2023
Test knock 😭😭
— LOVE YOU (@INFINITE_VOIDss) May 1, 2023
One thing in common is Kohli getting out to Leg spin bowlers.
— Srikanth Dhulipala (@SrikanthDhul26) May 1, 2023
Why was Babar opening for RCB today? Isn't Pak banned in ipl?
— Inanimate Nishuu (@InanimateNishuu) May 1, 2023
Talking about the ongoing state of the match, the action has been delayed due to the rain in the AB Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. RCB skipper Faf du Plessis won the flip of the coin and decided to bat first, they have scored 93 runs for the loss of four wickets in 15.2 overs so far. Skipper Faf du Plessis and senior wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik were there in the middle on the individual scores of 40 and 1 run respectively at the time when the game was stopped due to rain interruption.
Ravi Bishnoi scalped two wickets in his brilliant bowling spell conceding only 21 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Other than him, Amit Mishra and Krishnappa Gowtham have also scalped one wicket each for LSG in the first innings so far.
Here’s a look at the RCB playing XI for today’s match against LSG:
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (C), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, and Josh Hazlewood.