Nothing can humble egos like sports can, for time and again it makes even the invincible taste defeat and reminds legends of their mortality. Virat Kohli was politely reminded he is not captain anymore on Friday after Rajat Patidar denied his request for a DRS while batting, a move that backfired.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru managed to aggregate 93 runs for the loss of two wickets halfwaway through their innings after Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal paid rapid cameos to cover for Virat Kohli’s sluggish start of 16 runs in his first 22 deliveries. By the eighth over, skipper Rajat Patidar had walked out to the crease to give the talisman company, and the duo’s simultaneous presence at the crease made for some amusing viewing, with an incident in the ninth over perfectly symbolizing their revamped relationship for the season.
Kohli was up against Matheesha Pathira who fired in a lethal bumper on the second ball that flew over Virat Kohli’s attempted hook shot and into MS Dhoni’s gloves. The square-leg umpire was quick to signal it was the fist bouncer of the over and Kohli instantly threw a fit demanding a wide. The disbelief was writ large on the veteran’s face as walked down the pitch to consult with Patidar, knowing that the IPL allows players to review wide calls, and was about to go upstairs when he realized he was not the one in charge of making the calls anymore. As the 37-year-old brought his hands back down, he let out a laugh and his captain reciprocated, making for a wholesome moment even though the replays showed that Kohli was correct in demanding a DRS.
Twitterati wa all to pleased with more narrative in the ever thrilling RCB storyline.
Kohli wanted it!
Bad luck
Bad luck
Very bad luck
Kohli luck 🥲🥲
(2 catches missed of patidar but when it came to kohli naah no chance of mistake)— ranbir_ki_muskaan (@Ranbirian4ever) March 28, 2025
Imagine dropping Patidar twice of spinners and catching a run a ball out of sorts Kohli … This can hurt CSK being time https://t.co/p6VzeZeUrF
— Adi (@AdityaP09895329) March 28, 2025
Fire
Salt tu maar
Padikkal tu maar
Patidar tu maar
Livingstone tu maar
David tu maar
Mai tuk tuk karta hu
King Kohli doing this from ages and fooling whole generation#CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/moFQYLnpiC— 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 (@Hitt_Verse) March 28, 2025
Superb
5 futiy patidar ke 2 catch chod Diya bc BTW thanks Kohli for 30 ball 31 run contribution for CSK
— DRx.Arjun (@Hells_murdock) March 28, 2025
Are randi ka bacha deepak hooda match harwayega , agar patidar run mara tooo “ virat kohli out at 31(30) bechara chokli chor #ViratKohli #CSKvsRCB “catch drop” pic.twitter.com/b9dwEcsJbM
— 𝑷𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑶 Pandit 🦄 (@xworldwar) March 28, 2025
Removed
Ok Noor would have removed Patidar as well but for now Kohli is back. Big blow for CSK. He was playing for us in the middle🥲 https://t.co/E4VJ6EXsSq
— 🐺 (@bsk5496) March 28, 2025
2 crucial ones
Patidar ka 2 catch chodd diya aur kohli ka phela hi pakad liya 😭.
Mid knock tbh— Piyush 🚩 (@PiyushTiwari258) March 28, 2025
Kohli out but kohli vida patidar wicket is very important my point of view la
— ☆ Ajay (@Ajay_dhanushhh) March 28, 2025
Just wow!
Two Patidar catches dropped and then dismissed Kohli.
Nothing going right for CSK.— Ojas Naidu🇮🇳 (@Cricky_Nerd) March 28, 2025
