Virat Kohli seemed a little surprised when he was named the player of the match after the dominant victory of Royal Challengers Bengalur over the Pandjab King in their conflict IPL 2025 in Mullanpur. Kohli the highest score with an undefeated 73, but felt that the price should switch to colleagues half Centurion Devdutt Padikkal or to one of the pitchers to help on Sunday 20th April to limit the pandjab to 157 in the afternoon game.
Virat Kohli ensured he stayed until the end and hit the undefeated 73 out of 54 balls And help RCB finish the chase at 18.5 overs and ensure their fifth direct victory away from home. While Kohli played the role of anchor after the premature release of Phil Salt, Devdutt provided an early impulse and broke 61 of only 35 balls with four sixes and five borders.
“The idea must be to get 2 points in every game. I wanted to speed up more. I thought Dev made a difference today, this award should go to it, I do not know why they gave it to me. I try to stay there and try to speed up later.
Kohli’s sincere words for Devdutt Padikkal came only a few days after Mrs. Dhoni expressed a surprise in winning the match player after the victory of Chennai Super Kings over Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow. Dhoni, who hit 26 of only 11 balls and was electric for stumps, felt that Noor Ahmed deserved the price more for his economic charm that limited Lucknow to 166 at 20 overs. | IPL 2025 PBKS VS RCB Veliky – Scorecard |
On Sunday, Kohli’s awareness of the game was on the spot when he avoided risk shots at medium breaks on the pitch that offered rotation and adhesion.
“One partnership is good enough during the Chase run in T20 cricket. I can speed up, but I want to understand the strengths of the other players. Holding is over at the moment, it works for us. It was a very good auction, we have a good team,” Kohli said.
“Guys like David, Jitesh, Patidar, the roles they play.
For RCB it was a perfect game after a horror show in Bengalur two days earlier. Against PBKS at home, RCB was in danger of getting out of less than 50 than Tim David saved them to 95 in 9 in the rain -influenced match. Pandjab with ease chased the goal.
RCB, however, in Mullanpur was different animals and shone with the bat and the ball. While Kohli and Devdutt played with the bat, Spinners Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma supplied with the ball and picked up four goals for just 50 runs in eight overs between them.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood were clinical at death, nailed their Yorkers, and admitted only one limit in the last four breaks.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
April 20, 2025
