Kohli's brilliant inning of 92 off 47 balls followed by a collective bowling effort helped RCB register a 60-run win over PBKS, their fifth win in IPL 2020 after losing six consecutive games.
Batting first, Bengaluru scored 241/7 and then bowled out Punjab for 181 runs to achieve their fourth consecutive win. Kohli hit seven fours and six sixes in his maiden innings at a strike-rate of 195.74, which also took him past the 600-run mark in IPL 2024.
“He has been in great form. He got a break in this IPL and since then, he has been in constant pursuit of excellence.You can see he is on top of the scoring table with 634 runs, and I am sure RCB would like to win the next two matches and hopefully qualify. But for India, Kumble told GeoCinema. "You would like his form to continue in the World Cup."
Kumble also praised Rajat Patidar, who scored 55, his fourth half-century of the season, and supported Kohli after an early collapse by adding 76 runs from 3 balls for a third-wicket partnership.
Patidar stepped up the attack against the spinners by hitting three sixes in Rahul Chahar's first over and was given another lease of life when Jonny Bairstow was slow to react to a catch behind the wicket. He brought up his half-century in 21 balls when he pulled Sa Curran over short fine leg for six before being caught by the left-arm pacer to the keeper."He is an international player now. It was important for RCB that the middle order was successful because it was Virat Kohli alone and then, Faf du Plessis batted and scored some runs at the top of the innings in the powerplay. They needed some solid players. was required." ,
Patidars have been really solid for them. That strike rate, to come in and take the game to the opponent, we have seen in the last three or four games that he has come in. He is performing exceptionally well, and I think his partnership with Virat Kohli gave him the impetus and platform to finish on 240,'' Sai Kumble said.Former Australian cricketer Shane Watson was impressed by Kohli's all-round efforts and helping other batsmen score around him. Kohli electrified the field after dismissing the dangerous looking Shashank Singh with a straight hit from deep midwicket, who was out for 37 runs off 19 balls after suffering a shoulder injury.
RCB made a great start to their defense and Swapnil Singh trapped Prabhsimra Singh LBW on the fourth ball. Bairstow hit four fours and a six in his innings of 27 runs in 16 balls before becoming the victim of Lockie Ferguson on the second last ball of the powerplay. Rossouw kept PBKS in the race by hitting boundaries at will to complete his first half-century of the competition, which he achieved by hitting a six over the head of Green.After receiving some attention from the physio due to the injury, Rossouw holed out to Karn Sharma at long off, who was caught by Jitesh Sharma.
"RCB were excellent. They got some opportunities early because Virat Kohli was dropped twice. That gave them an opportunity to get their innings going and after taking advantage of those opportunities they batted beautifully. Strikes above 190 At a run rate of 92, that's very impressive," Watson said. "Everyone around him was able to contribute as well.Raja Patidar scored 55 runs with six big sixes."
"Cameron Green has also done well. Everyone put their hand up when needed. With the ball, they were clinical. In the field, they made some small mistakes, but you could see the intensity increase in the field when they had to What was needed was some excellent catches and a brilliant run-out by Virat Kohli to dismiss Shashank," he concluded.
Batting first, Bengaluru scored 241/7 and then bowled out Punjab for 181 runs to achieve their fourth consecutive win. Kohli hit seven fours and six sixes in his maiden innings at a strike-rate of 195.74, which also took him past the 600-run mark in IPL 2024.
“He has been in great form. He got a break in this IPL and since then, he has been in constant pursuit of excellence.You can see he is on top of the scoring table with 634 runs, and I am sure RCB would like to win the next two matches and hopefully qualify. But for India, Kumble told GeoCinema. "You would like his form to continue in the World Cup."
Kumble also praised Rajat Patidar, who scored 55, his fourth half-century of the season, and supported Kohli after an early collapse by adding 76 runs from 3 balls for a third-wicket partnership.
Patidar stepped up the attack against the spinners by hitting three sixes in Rahul Chahar's first over and was given another lease of life when Jonny Bairstow was slow to react to a catch behind the wicket. He brought up his half-century in 21 balls when he pulled Sa Curran over short fine leg for six before being caught by the left-arm pacer to the keeper."He is an international player now. It was important for RCB that the middle order was successful because it was Virat Kohli alone and then, Faf du Plessis batted and scored some runs at the top of the innings in the powerplay. They needed some solid players. was required." ,
Patidars have been really solid for them. That strike rate, to come in and take the game to the opponent, we have seen in the last three or four games that he has come in. He is performing exceptionally well, and I think his partnership with Virat Kohli gave him the impetus and platform to finish on 240,'' Sai Kumble said.Former Australian cricketer Shane Watson was impressed by Kohli's all-round efforts and helping other batsmen score around him. Kohli electrified the field after dismissing the dangerous looking Shashank Singh with a straight hit from deep midwicket, who was out for 37 runs off 19 balls after suffering a shoulder injury.
RCB made a great start to their defense and Swapnil Singh trapped Prabhsimra Singh LBW on the fourth ball. Bairstow hit four fours and a six in his innings of 27 runs in 16 balls before becoming the victim of Lockie Ferguson on the second last ball of the powerplay. Rossouw kept PBKS in the race by hitting boundaries at will to complete his first half-century of the competition, which he achieved by hitting a six over the head of Green.After receiving some attention from the physio due to the injury, Rossouw holed out to Karn Sharma at long off, who was caught by Jitesh Sharma.
"RCB were excellent. They got some opportunities early because Virat Kohli was dropped twice. That gave them an opportunity to get their innings going and after taking advantage of those opportunities they batted beautifully. Strikes above 190 At a run rate of 92, that's very impressive," Watson said. "Everyone around him was able to contribute as well.Raja Patidar scored 55 runs with six big sixes."
"Cameron Green has also done well. Everyone put their hand up when needed. With the ball, they were clinical. In the field, they made some small mistakes, but you could see the intensity increase in the field when they had to What was needed was some excellent catches and a brilliant run-out by Virat Kohli to dismiss Shashank," he concluded.
