Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore cruised to a thumping victory against Rajasthan Royals riding on a phenomenal century by Devdutt Padikkal. With this win, RCB made it four out of four to go top of the points table once again. Virat Kohli also played a helping hand with an unbeaten half-century.
When captain Kohli reached his fifty, he raised his bat towards the camera, blew a kiss and then was seen doing a baby celebration for his daughter Vamika. The baby celebration is well-known in the cricketing circuit but it was the first time that the Indian skipper was seen doing it. Virat and Anushka Sharma were blessed with a baby girl in January.
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During his knock of unbeaten 72, Kohli breached the 6000-run mark as well other than raising up his 40th IPL fifty. The cradle celebration of Kohli is going around on the internet and is winning the heart of fans. Twitter erupted with fans praising the celebration. Here is a look at some of the tweets;
👑 Kohli dedicates his FIFTY to his Daughter ❤️❤️❤️❤️
How cute @imVkohli#ViratKohli #IPL2021 #RCB pic.twitter.com/gMlL4lO08s— Khushali Thakkar (@ikhushalithakkr) April 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/Abhicricket18/status/1385288070031765509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1385288070031765509%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.india.com%2Fsports%2Fvirat-kohlis-baby-celebration-for-daughter-vamika-after-ipl-fifty-is-going-viral-after-rcb-beat-rr-to-go-top-of-points-table-pics-4606641%2F
Moment of the match When Virat Kohli celebrated his Fifty by giving flying kisss to his wife & baby girl.♥️ pic.twitter.com/ShXjQEgHRe
— kaash. (@_masterofchase_) April 22, 2021
Earlier, Kohli won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals into bat, who got off to a poor start as RCB pacers jolted their innings with early wickets. RR lost three wickets inside the powerplay, which included prized scalps of Jos Buttler and David Miller. Samson too followed them into the pavilion by chipping a straight ball to the fielder.
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Things looked worse for Rajasthan Royals when Shivam Dube took the charge and scored a stroke-filled 46 runs. Riyan Parag and Rahul Tewatia also chipped in with crucial cameos. Tewatia’s destructive 40 runs took RR’s total to 177/9 in 20 overs. Siraj and Harshal Patel shone with the ball with three wickets each. However, Patel went for 47 runs in this game while Siraj conceded just 27 runs in his four overs.
In response, Devdutt Padikkal looked in some mood and toyed with RR bowlers to notch up his maiden IPL ton. RCB chased the target down in 16.3 overs without losing a single wicket.
