Cricket world erupts over Virat Kohli act with young rival in IPL
Virat Kohli has won praise around the cricket world after a touching gesture for a young rival in the IPL.
Kohli's struggles with the bat continued on Tuesday as he made just 1 in Royal Challengers Bangalore's loss to Chennai Super Kings.
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Chennai ended their four-match losing streak with a 23-run win after Bangalore was restricted to 9-193 in reply to the Super Kings' 4-216.
Put in to bat, Chennai slumped to 2-36 after Ruturaj Gaikwad (17) was out lbw to Josh Hazlewood and Moeen Ali was run out for 3.
It continued a lean run with the bat for 25-year-old opener Gaikwad.
Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube then put on a 165-run stand off 71 balls for the third wicket to lift Chennai to the huge total.
In reply, Bangalore also made a poor start and sunk to 3-42 in six overs.
Maheesh Theekshana claimed 4-33 and dismissed both openers Faf du Plessis (8) and Anuj Rawat (12).
Kohli then holed out off Mukesh Choudhary for one run and the writing was on the wall for Bangalore.
Kohli has also suffered with the bat in recent times, failing to fire since giving up the Indian captaincy in limited-overs formats.
However he put his own struggles aside to offer some words of wisdom to Gaikwad after the match.
Kohli could be seen sharing a moment with Gaikwad and offering his young rival some tips, much to the delight of fans.
Nice to see Virat Kohli having a chat with Ruturaj Gaikwad who has been short of runs this season #CSKvsRCB #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/29AomGM16V
— India Fantasy (@india_fantasy) April 12, 2022
Virat Kohli talked to Ruturaj Gaikwad who is going from bad phase.
Hopefully he will score big runs soon.
Last year , Kohli also talked to I Kishan who was going to bad phase. Then , he was dropped and when he returned , he scored 50* (25) and 84 (32). pic.twitter.com/b9MWMj57eU— DK (@CricCrazyDK) April 12, 2022
Virat Kohli taking tips from Ruturaj Gaikwad . Beauty of IPL pic.twitter.com/sej8gQ5PsK
— Vijay Jaiswal (@puntasticVU) April 12, 2022
Virat Kohli talking with Ruturaj Gaikwad after the match, who’s struggling with his form in this #IPL2022 .
Virat Kohli always have time for youngsters. #IPL2022 #CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/vQsMHGUXZe— Sharat Chandra Bhatt (@imsbhatt0707) April 12, 2022
Century loading rutu In next match 👍
— Balu✨ (@escn__) April 12, 2022
Now Ruturaj Gaikwad will play better in upcoming Matches.
Wait and watch.— Vicky Shinde (@iamshinde83) April 12, 2022
Chennai Super Kings snap four-game losing streak
Uthappa and Dube started slow as Chennai managed only 60 runs in the first 10 overs.
But the fireworks started soon after as Uthappa hit nine sixes and four fours, while Dube smacked eight sixes and five fours.
Both batsmen scored their second half-centuries of the 2022 campaign as Chennai amassed the highest score of the season.
Uthappa got to 50 off 33 balls and finished with 88 off 50 balls. At the other end, Dube scored 95 not out off 46 balls, having reached his half-century off 30 balls.
Their 150-run stand came off only 68 deliveries as Bangalore's bowlers bore the brunt on a placid wicket at the DY Patil Stadium.
"I allowed (Shivam) Dube to get in and get set. I made sure we built a partnership," Uthappa said.
"We rotated strike against spinners and pacers to use our advantage.
"As a team we have spent a lot of time together and gotten closer over the last few days.
"That (win) was a result of staying together (as a team) when we were down in the dumps."
Glenn Maxwell scored 26 off 11 balls for Bangalore, including two sixes, before Ravindra Jadeja bowled him.
Shahbaz Ahmed once again top scored for Bangalore with 41 off 27 balls.
Suyash Prabhudesai and Dinesh Karthik each contributed 34 runs, but it wasn't enough.
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