IPL 2024: Virat Kohli faces fans’ wrath for giving aggressive send off to Rachin Ravindra

Virat Kohli (Source -Twitter/X)

Star India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli didn’t have a memorable start to his IPL 2024 campaign as he got dismissed for just 21 (20) in the opening fixture against Chennai Super Kings. Kohli failed to get going in his innings as he eventually holed out to deep mid-wicket to Ajinkya Rahane who completed a brilliant catch on the boundary.

However, more than Kohli’s low returns with the bat, his aggressive send-off to CSK opener Rachin Ravindra grabbed the attention of fans. Notably, Ravindra played a quick-fire knock of 37 (15) with the help of three fours and as man sixes in his innings got CSK off to an electrifying start in the chase. He was finally dismissed by Karn Sharma who got him caught at deep square leg.

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Following his dismissal, Kohli gave an aggressive send-off to the 24-year-old which didn’t go down well with the fans who criticized the batting maestro for his act.

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RCB lose opening fixture by six wickets

Meanwhile, RCB lost their opening fixture by six wickets and started their IPL 2024 campaign on a losing note. After opting to bat first, the Faf du Plessis-led side got their innings off to a great start scoring 41 runs off first 27 balls. However, they suffered a dramatic collapse in the middle overs and were restricted to 78/5 in 11.4 overs courtesy of a four-wicket haul from Mustafizur Rahman.

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Having their backs against the wall, RCB’s innings was rescued by Anuj Rawat (48 off 25) and Dinesh Karthik (38* off 26) who forged a 95-run stand off 50 balls for the sixth wicket. Their partnership guided RCB to a good score of 173/6 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, CSK chased down the target in 18.4 overs with contributions from Rachin Ravindra, Shivam Dube (34* off 28), Ajinkya Rahane (27 off 19), Ravindra Jadeja (25* off 17) and Daryl Mitchell (22 off 18).