Before the first ball of the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was bowled on March 22 (Friday), former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli and ex-skipper of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) MS Dhoni shared a heartwarming moment on the field. The moment transpired when Kohli walked out to open the innings for RCB and Dhoni made his way out on the ground with the rest of his teammates.
While Kohli was walking towards the pitch, he stopped next to Dhoni and put his left arm across the latter's shoulders. Dhoni quickly acknowledged Kohli's warm embrace, providing a moment to cherish for their millions of fans.
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How did Virat Kohli fair in the match?
Making his return to cricket after a lengthy break of two months, Kohli's comeback was eagerly awaited and highly anticipated. It was a rather sedate comeback for Kohli has looked rusty and out of rhythm with the bat in his first innings after a break of two months, He scored 21 runs off 20 balls with the help of one six and the fluency which is the hallmark of Kohli's batting, was missing from his game against the Super Kings.
On the field, Kohli was his usual self as he looked charged and animated, so much so that, the 'King' gave a abusive send-off to CSK debutant Rachin Ravindra after the Kiwi batter was dismissed.
How was MS Dhoni's performance?
CKS's poster boy MS Dhoni didn't get a chance to bat in the match as the Super Kings chased down the target of 174 runs with six wickets in hand and eight balls to spare. With the gloves in hand behind the stumps, Dhoni appeared to be at his vintage best as he inflicted a run out and saved runs by jumping and diving to stop the ball racing towards the boundary.
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