Sanjay Manjrekar, Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost by nine runs to Lucknow Super Giants by DLS method in their Indian Premier League 2026 match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Thursday.One of the key moments of the match was Virat Kohli’s dismissal. LSG pacer Prince Yadav blasted a 140.4km/h swinging delivery that went through Kohli’s defense and hit the stumps. Kohli was dismissed for a duck and looked surprised after being bowled and staring at the pitch where the ball landed.
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Rajat Patidar ponders RCB defeat, praises Devdutt PadikkalFormer India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar later spoke about Kohli’s reaction and compared it to Sachin Tendulkar.“Virat Kohli’s clean ball off Prince Yadav gives a great insight into the mind of a champion batsman. It was the same with Tendulkar. It’s not so much about how he got out. Look at Virat’s reaction when he gets out. He looks down at the pitch as if something untoward has happened. As if the pitch has played a trick on him,” Manjrekar said in an Instagram video. “Tendulkar, towards the end of his career, would also look down at the pitch and think that the ball stayed low and that something bad happened there. What happens here is that when a small setback happens, they don’t immediately look inward or self-critical. They look at reasons other than themselves, what happened,” he added.Manjrekar said this kind of reaction is common among top batsmen because they have strong faith in their own abilities.“That’s interesting, that’s a quality of a great batsman. Because they’ve had so much success over the years, their confidence is very high. So when they have a moment like that, their confidence doesn’t drop quickly. Lesser mortals, when something like that happens, see their confidence erode. Great batsmen instinctively find another reason to get out so great.” great, unlike lesser mortals who lose confidence easily,” concluded the former Indian batsman.
