Watch: Manish Pandey Leaves Virat Kohli Red-Faced By Hitting Huge Six After RCB Captain Says 'Aaj Nahi Maar Rha Shot'

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was left red-faced when his sledging backfired during the IPL 2020 Eliminator against SunRisers Hyderabad on Friday.

Asked to bat first, RCB had manage to put up only 131 for 7 in the allotted 20 overs. AB de Villiers top-scored for the side, scoring 56 while Aaron Finch scored 32. Barring them, only Mohammed Siraj (10) managed to touch the double-digit mark as RCB came up with yet another poor batting display.

In reply, SRH chased down the total with two balls to spare. The RCB bowlers came up with a good show and revived their team’s chances but the score was perhaps too small to defend. For SRH, Kane Williamson and Jason Holder made the difference with the bat, scoring 50* and 24* respectively while sharing an unbeaten 65-run stand.

Manish Pandey leaves Virat Kohli embarrassed:

The incident took place in the third over of SRH’s innings when Manish Pandey was facing Mohammed Siraj. Defending a modest total of 131, RCB needed a good start and Siraj provided it by dismissing Shreevats Goswami for a duck in the very first over while conceding only two.

Navdeep Saini maintained the pressure by giving away only two runs in the second over. And when Siraj came to bowl the third over to Manish Pandey, the RCB players were chirping all around him to put pressure on him. Virat Kohli then decided to personally sledge his India teammate.

Pandey was not looking in good touch and when he defended the second ball of the over, Virat Kohli decided to put some pressure on him with verbal volleys. With a cheeky smile on his face, the RCB skipper was heard saying: “Aaj nahi maar rha shot.”

But Kohli’s words backfired miserably as Pandey hit a huge six just one ball later to leave his former IPL teammate embarrassed. The right-handed batsman went on to play a crucial knock of 24 in the low-scoring thriller.

Here is a clip of the incident:

https://twitter.com/pant_fc/status/1324974956992557058

 

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