Watch: KL Rahul, Gautam Gambhir angry at Virat Kohli after his dismissal - "Mai maar raha tha yaar"
Published - 04 Mar 2025, 10:40 PM | Updated - 04 Mar 2025, 10:41 PM
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India National Cricket Team batter Virat Kohli had a solid outing with the bat in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against the Australia National Cricket Team. The match between the teams is taking place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.
Virat Kohli played a magnificent innings for the India National Cricket Team in the high-pressure game against the Australia National Cricket Team. The batter bailed the team out of trouble when they were reeling at 43/2 after losing both Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma.
Virat Kohli soaked in all the pressure and put pressure back on the Australia on backfoot
Kohli soaked in all the pressure and put pressure back on the Australia National Cricket Team. Despite the India National Cricket Team losing wickets at regular intervals, he held the one end and made sure that he took the game deep on a pitch that offered help to spinners.
Kohli first slammed a solid half-century and then, after that, kept his focus. He calculated the chase brilliantly and with the way he was batting, he looked all set for a big ton. However, the rush of the blood saw him gifting his wicket to the opposition.
With almost run-a-ball needed, KL Rahul, who was at the other end, was going great guns and was hitting timely boundaries to reduce the pressure. Watching him, hit fours and sixes, Kohli also decided to go the aerial route and get some quick runs under his belt.
Virat Kohli gifted his wicket away to Adam Zampa
Adam Zampa bowled a flighted googly outside off, to which Kohli read it well and got down on one leg to slog it over cow corner. He didn't get the proper connection as the ball came off the bottom part of the bat and went much straighter, which was caught easily by Ben Dwarshuis, who came in from long-on to gather it with both hands.
What caught the attention of many was the reaction of KL Rahul after Virat Kohliv got out. He looked disappointed and was seen telling his partner: “Main maar raha tha” (I was hitting the ball). As he walked up the dressing room, even Gautam Gambhir said him same.
Gautam Gambhir was seen telling Kohli: "Arey yaar kya zarurat thi, maar toh raha tha woh" (There wasn't a need for you to hit, KL Rahul was hitting).
"Main maar raha tha” - KL Rahul's message to Virat Kohli after batter's dismissal
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Kohli played a brilliant innings of 84 runs off 98 balls. He batted with a strike rate of around 85 and slammed three boundaries in his innings. After Kohli got out, KL Rahul (42*) and Hardik Pandya (28) finished the innings well as India chased the target with four wickets in hand
