“How Much Virat Kohli Will Do Alone?” Sunil Gavaskar Rips Into RCB Batters After Timid Loss To KKR In IPL | Cricket News

Virat Kohli scored yet another half-century for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2024, but his team ended on  the losing side against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. RCB now have two losses in three games and the start to the IPL 2024 has been timid to say the least. RCB are one of the four sides which are yet to win the IPL. Every year, RCB fans hope for a different story to happen. But what occurs, is the complete opposite.

Despite being one of the most star-studded sides, RCB have under-achieved. On Friday, Kohli top-scored with an unbeaten 83 of 59 deliveries. None of the other RCB batters could even touch 35. RCB scored 182/6 in 20 overs but KKR reached the target in just 16.5 overs.

Former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaksar blasted the RCB batters after the loss.

“You tell me how much Kohli will do alone – someone should accompany him, If someone had supported him today, he would definitely have scored 120 instead of 83, so this is team sport not a single man game, he didn’t get any support today,” Sunil Gavaskar said on Star Sports.

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium once again witnessed Kohli’s remarkable art with the bat as he cruised to 83* in mere 59 deliveries which was glistened with four boundaries and four sixes.

His four sixes in the unbeaten knock saw him go past former Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni‘s tally of sixes in IPL.

The iconic RCB batter has 241 sixes under his belt and became the fourth highest batter to score most maximums in the history of the event. MS Dhoni slipped to the fifth spot with 239 sixes in his kitty.

As cricket fans relished Kohli’s effortless batting display, Kohli has now the most sixes for RCB in the IPL history.

He surpassed RCB Hall of Fame star Chris Gayle‘s tally of 239 sixes. Another RCB Hall of Famer AB de Villiers is on the third spot with 238 sixes to his name.

Overall, with whooping 357 maximums, Gayle holds the record for scoring most number of sixes in the IPL. Former Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma holds the second spot with 261 sixes while, de Villiers is on the third spot with a tally of 251 in the IPL.

Coming to the match, Shreyas Iyer won the toss and put the hosts to bat. Virat Kohli, with beliigence struck 83* off just 59 deliveries, which was laced with four boundaries and four maximums.

Kohli completed his 50 in the 11th over as he took a single on the bowling of Varn Chakravarthy. In the same over the Bengaluru franchise crossed the 100-run mark as Maxwell smashed a boundary on the penultimate ball of the over.

His effortless knock made him the orange cap holder for the current season and propelled RCB to 182/6.

With ANI inputs