Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper, Virat Kohli was elated after the five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) registered a 5-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in their final group stage encounter and ensured that the Red Army get a ticket to the reach the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 playoffs. It must be noted that MI had to defeat DC for RCB to go through the playoffs.
As MI completed a win over the strong-looking Capitals side, a “thank you” tweet from former RCB skipper Kohli to Rohit Sharma resurfaced on Twitter. For context, Virat Kohli had replied to his national teammate wishing him on his birthday back in 2019 on Twitter.
Thanks Rohit
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 6, 2019
Nevertheless, the former RCB skipper did write on Twitter as MI kept RCB alive in the competition.
✈️ Kolkata @mipaltan 🤝 @RCBTweets
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) May 21, 2022
Talking about the match between MI and DC, Rohit won the toss and decided to bowl first. The MI bowlers drew first blood pretty soon some success early on as they dismissed the Australian duo of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh within the first four overs.
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Things went bad to worse for the Capitals as they also lost their other opener, Prithvi Shaw in the powerplay itself. However, a decent partnership between skipper Rishabh Pant and Rovman Powell ensured that DC did not bog down under pressure.
Some late blitz by all-rounder Axar Patel ensured that they reached to a competitive total of 159 in their allotted 20 overs. Chasing 160 to win, Rohit’s bad campaign ended as he managed to score just two runs and used up 13 deliveries. However, his partner Ishan Kishan kept on scoring at a brisk pace as he scored a vital 48 in just 35 balls.
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Young South African batter Dewald Brevis also played a handy knock of 37 runs. However, the fiery effort from foreign batter Tim David and young batter Tilak Varma sealed the game for MI. The Red Army will now face the new entrants Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their playoff match slated to be played at the iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
