Virat Kohli and Trent Boult were seen getting involved in a friendly banter during the match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday (April 26) at MCA Stadium in Pune. However, Kohli, soon after the incident, took an outstanding diving catch at short mid-wicket, in the over of Harshal Patel, to end Boult’s short stay in the middle.
RR struggled to get going throughout their innings against RCB during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 fixture on Tuesday (April 26). They were left reeling at 110/6 at the end of 17 overs, with Riyan Parag batting on 24 off 19 balls alongside Trent Boult. The 16th over was bowled by Wanindu Hasaranga, who returned excellent figures of 4-0-23-2. Trent Boult pushed the last ball of that over towards the deep mid-wicket, where Virat Kohli was standing.
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Virat Kohli seemed to be in a good mood after a disciplined RCB bowling performance and jokingly aimed to throw at the striker’s end to get some attention from Boult. The Kiwi chuckled after watching Virat’s actions. Then, in the 18th over, Harshal Patel bowled a length ball that was angling in and Boult tried to play past short mid-wicket, where Virat Kohli made no mistake and claimed an excellent diving catch to his left to end Boult’s stay for five off seven balls.
Here is the video banter:
— James Tyler (@JamesTyler_99) April 26, 2022
Here is the video of the catch from Virat Kohli:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Daryl Mitchell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
Here is how the fans reacted:
Virat dropped a similar catch of boult of his first ball.
And took this blinder to dismiss boult .
This is that virat kohli who never repeat the same mistake….Hope he does same with the bat too✊#ViratKohli𓃵 #IPL2022 #Rcb pic.twitter.com/i1wPo3lfE5
— Mr. laZy (@ShaikZiaullah) April 26, 2022
So Boult taking virat wicket
— Shashi 18 (@Shashidhar345) April 26, 2022
What a catch Virat.. Outstanding man.. Hasrhal gets boult!🔥#RCBvsRR
— Rahul Chowdhury (@rahulera18) April 26, 2022
@cricketArnav Virat, what a catch to get Boult! 🥳🥳🔥🔥
— Anand Unnithan (@UnnithanAnand) April 26, 2022
On boult shout NO RUN 😀
— Prashant (@VIRAT_OURKING) April 26, 2022
Boult will take VIRAT wicket today.
Early prediction@rajasthanroyals @RCBTweets #RCBvsRR #IPL2022 #Virat— V!n•d_79 (@Vinod_Kumar_30) April 26, 2022
Yuzi should bat ahead of Boult, those straight drives should be enough to show his caliber. #chahal #RCBvsRR #IPL2022 #CricketTwitter
— Prison Mike (@AbhinavBatra20) April 26, 2022
