Watch: Khaleel Ahmed intensifies fiery rivalry with Virat Kohli, celebrates wildly after taking his catch

Khaleel Ahmed celebrated Virat Kohli's wicket in an animated fashion during the ongoing match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Both players were involved in a heated exchange after the match between the two teams last month. It all began during the match when Khaleel Ahmed made an animated appeal after hitting Kohli's pad. Kohli was given not out, and the left-arm pacer was left red-faced.

During the same match, Khaleel Ahmed also bowled a sharp bouncer to Kohli and advanced towards him in the follow-through. Kohli was not at all amused by the pacer's antics and gave him a death stare.

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After the match ended, Kohli was also seen reprimanding the CSK pacer in a heated fashion. The exchange had gone viral on social media. Unsurprisingly, the fans were eagerly waiting for the battle between the two Indian teammates during the ongoing match.

Khaleel Ahmed celebrates Virat Kohli's wicket:

Kohli dominated the early round as he hit the first two balls he faced from Khaleel Ahmed for two sixes. Before the fast bowler could bowl to Kohli again, he took his catch to send him back.

It was the 12th over when Kohli hit Sam Curran's delivery straight to Khaleel at backward point. Curran bowled a short ball outside the off stump, and Kohli tried an upper cut but ended up miscuing the shot to Khaleel. And as soon as Khaleel took the catch, he celebrated it in an animated fashion by banging the ball into the ground.

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Kohli departed after scoring 62 runs. His knock came off 33 balls and was studded with 5 fours and as many sixes. Talking about the game, RCB were on 159/5 at the end of the 18th over with Tim David and Romario Shepherd in the middle.

Asked to bat first, RCB were off to a great start with Kohli and Jacob Bethell adding 97 runs for the first wicket inside 10 overs. However, the momentum took a beating once Bethell was dismissed for 55. RCB will be hoping that David and Shepherd guide them to a 180-plus total.