LSG vs RCB: Watch- Virat Kohli Shuts Down Gautam Gambhir With Finger On The Lips Celebration As He Blows A Kiss To Anushka Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had a topsy-turvy outing after electing to bat first. RCB set a target of 127 for LSG. Virat Kohli played a fine knock of 31 runs in 30 balls on a sluggish track as he struck 3 fours. Virat Kohli along with Faf du Plessis stitched an opening partnership of 62 runs in 9 overs.

Faf du Plessis continued his brilliant run as he scored 44 runs in 40 balls and he surprisingly smashed only 1 four and 1 six. Faf was seen rotating the strike on a consistent basis as the rest of the batters couldn’t dictate the terms.

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LSG got off to a terrible start to their run chase as the destructive left-handed batter Kyle Mayers was dismissed on the 2nd delivery of the first over by Mohammed Siraj. Astonishingly Ayush Badoni came into bat as KL Rahul didn’t recover from the leg injury, which he sustained during fielding

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Watch- Virat Kohli pumped up after taking the catch of Krunal Pandya and takes a jibe at Gautam Gambhir

Krunal Pandya in the 3rd over smashed 3 back-to-back boundaries to the lethal speedster Mohammed Siraj. At the end of 3 overs, LSG’s score was 18-1. Glenn Maxwell came into the attack and was bowling the 4th over, on the 3rd delivery of the over Maxwell went around the wicket as Krunal Pandya advanced down the track and checked his shot but Virat Kohli at long-off took a stunner.

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Virat Kohli was ecstatic after taking the catch and blew a kiss to his wife Anushka Sharma who was in the stands. Virat Kohli then made a finger-on-the-lips gesture and took a jibe at LSG’s mentor Gautam Gambhir.

Kohli gestured that he won’t silence the fans like Gambhir did after the last match between the two sides. Last time, when these 2 teams clashed at Bengaluru, LSG defeated RCB and then Gautam Gambhir had made the same finger-on-the-lips gesture.

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Crucial Phase for LSG

LSG would be aware of the fact that a partnership of 40-odd runs can put them in a state of ascendancy. It would be interesting to see what would be the approach of the likes of Nicholas Pooran & Marcus Stoinis on this uneven track.

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RCB on the other hand need a cluster of wickets as LSG have a habit of finding match-winners on the given day. It would be interesting to see how Josh Hazlewood fares as his role would be quite decisive as he is coming back from an injury which would be quite tough.

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