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great centuries, big runs,
fighting spirit and bright futures
Glimpses of action on and off the pitch and what is happening in the dressing rooms
Kohli becomes first to make
oyal Challengers Ban- 6,000 runs
galore (RCB) skipper Royal Challengers Bangalore
RVirat Kohli lavished (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on
rich praise on Devdutt Padikkal,
who scored his maiden IPL ton Thursday became the first bats-
and helped the team register a man to complete 6,000 runs in the
thumping win over Rajasthan Indian Premier League (IPL).
Playing in his 196th IPL
Royals in their Indian Premier match here at the Wankhede
League clash here at the Wank- Stadium, Kohli achieved the
hede on Thursday evening. feat in the 13th over against
Padikkal’s unbeaten 101
and Kohli’s 72 not out helped Rajasthan Royals. Kolhi and
RCB beat Rajasthan by 10 opener Devdutt Padikkal gave
a solid start to the side and put
wickets, thus registering their up a dominating show while
fourth straight win in the on- chasing 178. Kohli is leading the
going tournament. “It was an IPL highest run-getter chart fol-
outstanding inning. He (Pa-
dikkal) batted really well for lowed by Suresh Raina (5,448),
his first season last time. There Shikhar Dhawan (5,428) David
was a lot of talk about him not Warner (5,384) and Rohit Shar-
ma (5,368).
accelerating after getting to Kohli was just 51 runs behind
30s. He’s put all that to rest. It the milestone figure before the
was a good pitch to bat on to match. As soon he hit his 51st
be honest, and him being tall
meant that bowlers struggled Devdutt Padikkal of Royal Challengers Bangalore raises his bat after scor- run of the innings he became the
with their lengths. T20 cricket ing a fifty during the match between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and first batter to do so in the IPL.
is always about partnerships,” the Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium. (ANI Photo/IPL Twitter) natarajan goes out of
Kohli said at the post-match tournament
presentation. SunRisers Hyderabad pacer
When asked about his own
knock, Kohli said, “You can’t T Natarajan has been ruled out
always go big from the word from the ongoing 14th edition
go. When one guy is going well, of the Indian Premier League
(IPL). The pacer will be missing
it’s important for me to ensure the tournament due to a knee
that I don’t lose my wicket. It injury. “Yes, he has been ruled
can change on other days.” out of the tournament,” the
“We spoke about it (on the
100). He told me to finish it off, source pointed. The 30-year-old
I told him to get to it first. He left-arm pacer did not feature in
said many will come, I said yeah the last two games of SRH and
he just played two games this
you can say that after you get to season, taking two wickets.
the landmark. He deserved to SRH has played four games
get the three-figure mark,” he in this IPL season so far, winning
added.
Chasing 178, RCB got Shivam Dube of Rajasthan Royals and Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals one and losing three. In their
across the line in 16.3 overs to during the match between the Royal Challengers bangalore and the Rajas- last game against Punjab Kings,
go back at the top of the points than Royals in Mumbai on Thursday. (ANI Photo/IPL Twitter) the Warner-led side registered a
table. Continued on next page... >>
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