'Star Sports is obsessed with Virat Kohli' - Shocking accusations leveled against broadcasters after blunder in IPL opener

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli made it into the headlines just as the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 started. The opening encounter of the league is seeing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) hosting the Rajat Patidar-led side at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the toss and opted to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). However, there was a blunder from the broadcaster during the first over of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Josh Hazlewood took the new ball for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, broadcasters show Virat Kohli's name

Josh Hazlewood took the new ball for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. But the broadcaster came up with the bizarre effort. In the scorecard, it was shown that Virat Kohli was bowling and fans were quick to notice that with the graphic going viral.

Coming to the match, RCB had a solid start to their innings. Josh Hazlewood took his team off to a flying start with the ball as he removed Quinton de Kock (4) early on high to leave Kolkata Knight Riders at 4/1 inside the first over of the game.

However, after that, Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine put pressure back on the opposition with their brilliant partnership. Skipper looked solid with the bat and slammed a magnificent half-century while the all-rounder was back in the hut after slamming 44 runs.

The duo added 103 runs for the second wicket, but RCB then made a strong comeback and removed both the set batters. The onus was on middle-order batters and finishers to take Kolkata Knight Riders to the big total in the match but that wasn't the case as RCB pulled back things brilliantly to restrict the hosts to 174 runs.

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Virat Kohli will be extremely important for the RCB in the ongoing game

With batting looking difficult, this makes Virat Kohli extremely important for the RCB in the ongoing game. The premier batter will be opening the innings for his side along with Phil Salt and the start given by him will be crucial.

Virat Kohli is the leading run-getter in the history of the IPL. The premier batter is the only player in the league with over 8000 runs to his name. So far, he has 8004 runs in 252 games at an average of over 38 and a strike rate of over 131 to go with 8 tons and 55 fifties.

Fans on Twitter reacted as the broadcasters showed the name of Virat Kohli when Josh Hazlewood was bowling

As the broadcasters showed the name of Virat Kohli when Josh Hazlewood was bowling, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They came up with hilarious reactions, taking a dig at the broadcasters. Here are some of them:

Virat Kohli according to Star Sports pic.twitter.com/c694FC2Wbs

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 22, 2025

Virat Kohli bowling opening over of the IPL has to be the most iconic opening for #IPL2025 ever 😂#RCBvsKKR pic.twitter.com/3bInspbzWk

— Shreyas Shabaraya / ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ ಶಬರಾಯ (@Shreyas_Shab) March 22, 2025

Star Sports is obsessed with Virat Kohli... 😀

Hazlewood is bowling but showing as Virat Kohli. [JioHotstar] pic.twitter.com/0UBJcGQCGe

— CricketGully (@thecricketgully) March 22, 2025

Rarest moment of Virat Kohli bowling the first over in cricket pic.twitter.com/P63qI5meNk

— Ishpreet Singh (@Ishpreet2004) March 22, 2025

Virat Kohli isn’t bowling well at all. #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/dTKFoGzCWL

— Shubham Sakhuja (@ishubhamsakhuja) March 22, 2025