Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli once again made run chase look easy as he remained unbeaten for 62 off 45 balls against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on April 13. RCB won the game by nine wickets at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. This was their fourth win from six games. After the win, Tim David decided to prank Kohli in the RCB dressing room by hiding one of his bats.
Here's how the conversation went in the dressing room as per the video posted by the franchise -
"Where is my bat?" asked Kohli as he checked his kit bag.
"I want to see how long it took Virat to realise we've taken one of his bats," David was heard saying before Kohli checked his kit bag.
"I counted my bats yesterday, it was seven. Now, it's xxxxxxx six," Kohli said.
Kohli did not take much time to find the culprit. He checked David's kit bag and took out his bat.
"I didn't take it. I just borrowed it," David said as Kohli found his bat.
"Tum sabko pata tha na? (You all knew about it, right?)," Kohli said while using a few curses as he smiled while putting his bat back in the kit bag.
"Virat was batting so nicely that we thought we'll see how long it will take him to realise one of his bats is missing. He didn't. He was too happy with himself, obviously. So, I had to give it back to him. He thought I was trying to steal it but I wasn't," David said.
"I think he was playing on Virat's kinder side with the way we won. He misread that one, big misread," Kohli's batting partner and 'Player of the match' Phil Salt said on the whole incident.
RCB top-order dominate run chase
Salt, Kohli get RCB off to a strong start in the run chase of 174. Salt did the heavy lifting in the powerplay overs. He punished RR for dropping him twice. RCB were 65 for no loss after six overs. They shared a 92-run opening partnership from 52 balls. Salt lost his wicket to left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya.
Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal were not troubled and shared an unbeaten 83-run partnership for the second wicket as RCB won the game by nine wickets with 15 balls to spare. Devdutt Padikkal remained unbeaten for 40 off 28 balls. Kohli hit four fours and two sixes in his 45-ball 62 not out.
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Kohli back in orange cap race
The 36-year-old also entered the orange cap race. He took the fifth spot by surpassing Gujarat Titans' (GT) Jos Buttler. He has 248 runs from six innings at an average of 62, including three half-centuries.