The RCB skipper, Virat Kohli, and his men grabbed a lot of eyeballs on Saturday for all the wrong reasons during the tournament opener against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for a poor batting display. Before the game, former India opener Gautam Gambhir had criticized Kohli’s captaincy at RCB, Calling him an ingenuous captain. Kohli and his men have nothing in the game to shut the critics up.
Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen were all over the place in the ongoing first game against defending champions at the Chepauk. CSK skipper MS Dhoni invited the visitors to bat first on a slow track and veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh proved his decision spot on. He ran through the top-order of RCB to put the Super Kings well on top as the defending champions started the title-defense in style.
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Kohli and Parthiv Patel started the match on a cautious note on a slow pitch where the shot-making was looking a bit difficult. However, the two could add only 16 runs before the RCB skipper decided to go over the top. He sat down and played a slog sweep but hit the shot straight to Ravindra Jadeja at deep mid-wicket. Kohli only managed to score just 6 off 12 deliveries. Moeen Ali hit a six off Harbhajan Singh in the same over to ease the pressure off in the dressing room but did not last long.
In the very next over from Harbhajan, the England opener offered an easy catch back to the spinner to leave that Challengers reeling at 28 for 2. All eyes were then on AB de Villiers but he too did not last long. The former South Africa skipper also perished while going for a big shot. Debutant Shimron Hetmyer was then run out even before he could open his account as the RCB found themselves 39 for 4. 6 runs later, another debutant Shivam Dube departed as well and eventually, they were bundled out for a meager score of 70.
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With RCB once again failing to terribly with the bat, Twitter sprung into action as fans trolled them mercilessly, here are some of the reactions:
Even RCB team were fedup with 49 jokes,hence they're giving another 50-60 to start a new one. #MyTeam
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) March 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/AmitDhanjal43/status/1109475865836945408
Getting to be a rout. Bhajji and Tahir creating havoc. Unable to see any method in RCB’s batting
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 23, 2019
Can RCB bat for 20 overs? Unlikely.
— Vimal कुमार (@Vimalwa) March 23, 2019
RCB FANS
BEFORE THE IPL ONCE IPL STARTS pic.twitter.com/miPPfxigsL
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) March 23, 2019
Royal Challengers Bangalore is the LOLest sports team to have ever existed on this planet
— Amol Joshi (@amalezishi) March 23, 2019
RCB, oh RCB. Never change.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 23, 2019
#RCB ~#VIVOIPL #CSKvRCB #RoyalChallengersBangalore pic.twitter.com/SW1nbyyFgM
— Abhishek Singh (@SinghtheIndian) March 23, 2019
Why does Virat Kohli shows such disinterest while playing for RCB? His passion is missing and is evident from previous seasons too #CSKvRCB #royalchallengersbangalore #DhoniVsKohli #RCB
— Aparna Wali (@aparnawali24) March 23, 2019
New Season, Same RCB#IPL2019 #ChennaiSuperKings #RoyalChallengersBangalore
— Prince_aye_raja (@Prince_Aye_Raja) March 23, 2019
