In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are locking horns with each other at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai. However, RCB suffered a huge blow in the first over of the match as former skipper, Virat Kohli was dismissed on the golden duck.
Earlier in the game, LSG skipper, KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first which has become a trend in this IPL season so far. RCB witnessed a decent start when their openers, Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat scored 7 runs off the first four deliveries but then the latter got out and Virat Kohli came out to bat.
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Virat Kohli failed to do much as he walked back on a first-ball duck and there was a worried smile on his face. Sadness was on the faces of some of the fans in the stands as Kohli played a shot on the short a length delivery which was going away from his body, but he couldn’t keep it down and Deepak Hooda took a comfortable catch at the backward point.
Here is the video of the golden duck of Virat Kohli:
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
Here is how the Twitterati reacted:
@imVkohli Dear Virat – What happened to you. You hv scored just 100 runs or so in 7 matches. Kindly develop yr confidence n prove yr skills. Everyone is keen to see you scoring runs. All the best.
— Pardeep Kumar Dang (@pkd134) April 19, 2022
Virat Kohli ko sirf Fielding ke liye rakho yaar🤦🏾😬
— Shreyans Shah, CFP® (@Shrey_Castle) April 19, 2022
I think it's high time…. Bring #ViratKohli𓃵 back in the Opening.
Give chance to Mahipal Lomror at the middle or, at No.3— TRIBAL CHIEF (@IamDevjit07) April 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/RaginiRMFC/status/1516419514120163332?s=20&t=V6t5MAJGcdrIKx77Y5luYA
Virat Kohli performance in last 3 years 😀😀#RCBvsLSG #LSGvsRCB #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/dBTPZObSLB
— Sachin Singh (@Sachin_anshu06) April 19, 2022
Better to take rest for next 2 games 🙂
Something is not right in your way @imVkohli 🙌— MASTER | Lokesh™ (@IamLokesh26) April 19, 2022
@RCBTweets remove the Virat Kohli from your team &give chance to new batsman
— Deepak (@deepakjdubey) April 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/EV9999_Tarak/status/1516419503218995206?s=20&t=HmiYnaIlLy0kiCo6dWUgkQ
RCB's fans stunned when Virat Kohli got out on his first ball. pic.twitter.com/Ub1ElXjOUC
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) April 19, 2022
