‘Chase Master Is Back’: Twitter Explodes As Virat Kohli Slams 49-Ball 82 For RCB Against MI In IPL 2023 | Cricket News

Virat Kohli was at his greatest on Sunday evening as he together with Faf du Plessis dished out a chasing master-class with a 148-run opening partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore outplayed Mumbai Indians of their IPL 2023 marketing campaign opener. RCB gained the sport at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru by 8 wickets. Chasing a goal of 172, the aspect reached dwelling with 22 balls to spare, because of Kohli’s impactful 82 not out off 49 balls. His innings was laced with 6 fours and 5 sixes.

As the chase grasp made it a cakewalk for RCB within the second innings of the sport, the Twitterati couldn’t preserve calm. While the followers lauded him for his knock, some additionally in contrast his kind to that within the 2016 version of IPL wherein Kohli had scored a file 973 runs.

Check out the reactions right here:

The chase grasp is again on the Chinnaswamy.
fiftieth fifty+ rating in IPL for Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/n5sMbZ5PKZ

— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) April 2, 2023

Very aggressive, very spectacular, very Virat Kohli. #championcricketer #RCBvsMI

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 2, 2023

This Version of Kohli >>> 2016 pic.twitter.com/gVFIzzVrdr

— _Vj (@TheDestroyer181) April 2, 2023

Yes!!

Kohli landed in 2016 once more pic.twitter.com/X6pEyTlbyz

— (@SHAK_VIRAT18) April 2, 2023

Apart from Kohli, RCB skipper Faf du Plesiss was additionally spectacular together with his 73 off 43 balls. This occurred after Tilak Varma’s preventing 84 not out off 46 balls steered Mumbai to 171 for 7 in 20 overs.

“Phenomenal win. Homecoming after so many years. Credit to their batters for getting to that score. Tilak (Varma) batted well. We kept backing ourselves. Faf went first, and I joined later. I am very happy with how things went today,” stated Kohli after the match.

“Apart from Mumbai winning five times and Chennai four times, we have qualified the most number of times, so we do play consistent cricket. It’s just about staying focused, and just try to be the best balanced team. We need to play on this momentum. We just need to execute better.”