Krunal Pandya and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) Krunal Pandy Bengaluru (PTI) New Delhi: How often do we see a domestic crowd encouraging opposition? But that’s exactly what developed at the ARUN Jaitley stadium on Sunday. Raar was deafening when Royal Challengers Bengalur captain Rajat Patidar won throwing and decided to stand against Delhi Capitals. The crowd broke out and encouraged the top of his lungs – and that was their beloved local hero, Virat Kohl for one man.
Kohli (51 OFF 47) did not disappoint and anchored the persecution of folded half -century, while the majestic knocking Krunce Pandy (73 not of 47) powered the RCB on six goals over Delhi Capitals, and powered them to the top of the table.
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Just a few months ago, the scenes at the ARUN Jaitley stadium were completely different during the Ranji Trophy between Delhi and the railway that Kohli. Fans wrapped in thick jackets, shock absorbers and wool caps biting the cold, hands tucked into pockets, just for the look of the action.
This time it was the opposite.
Delhiites fought for strokes, connecting bottles of water, wiping their faces with handkerchiefs, sports hats and sunglasses fought with the burning heat-all to see their superstar Kohli in action. 35,000 fans rushed into the stadium and watched Kohli in action.
Every time Kohli moved to collect the ball, sprint one, or planted the border, the stadium echoed by singing “Kohli, Kohli”.
Virat with the role of anchor
Kohli played the perfect anchor, constantly walking to Krucka Pandya on the fast cottages, offering fist pumps, and shouting the words of encouragement from the other end. She never wore his energy when he led a partnership forward.
Krunal patiently built his shifts. After his excellent effort with the ball, he assessed the conditions intelligently, waited for free vans and made sure he sent them to the border ropes whenever they got in the way.
Krunal reached his half -century out of 38 balls and brought it through the boundary of Axar Patel. Kohli, everyone was smiling, rushed forward to hug him to celebrate the great efforts.
Krunal bought RCB for 5.75 Crore at the Crore iPL 2025 mega and scored 73 not from 47 balls and was involved in the 119-running partnership with Kohli.
Meanwhile, Kohli raised his own half-century out of 45 balls-the slowest fifty season of IPL 2025. The previous most slow was the 43-year-old half-century Vijay Shankar against Delhi Capitals in Chennai. Before the release of Dushmantha Chameer scored 51 out of 47 balls.
Krunal-Suyash tightened the loop
RCB Spinners Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya may not have lifted many goals, but they played a key role in maintaining the dill of the main capital under control and control of the run.
It was Krunal, who got under the skin of the FAF du Plessis, put pressure and eventually claimed a valuable goal. Krunal ended up with tidy characters 4-0-28-1 and did not allow Kl Rahul to hit one limit during his magic.
On the other hand, Suyash shared responsibility greatly and admitted only two boundaries in his four exceeds. It ended with numbers 4-0-22-0, with an impressive economic rate of 5.50.
Axar’s Two-In-Two
The persecution of RCB never really succeeded as they hoped. In the first four breaks, they lost three goals for just 26 runs, so the virat kohli visibly frustrated at the other end.
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Jacob Bethell (12), Devdutt Padikkal (0) and Rajat Patidar (6) all fell cheap. Axar patel caused early damage, removed Bethella, and then playing on the duck in the same to leave RCB winding.
But what really angry was angry with Patidar’s release. After Kohli ripped one towards the center of the goal, Patidar set out on one, but hesitated in the middle when the player in the field released a sharp throw. Direct hit from Karuna Naira caught Patidar shortly before his fold, leaving Kohli visibly frantically.
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FAF back but failed
After five matches were missing due to the injury of the weakness, Faf du Plessis returned to open shifts for Delhi Capitals. However, this step did not work in its favor. A forty -year -old man managed to escape 26 from 26 balls before Krunal Pandya fell.
Overall, this season was the fifth opening combination of Delhi Capitals – most of the team. Chennai Super Kings, compared to, have tried four opening couples so far.
