'King is back on his throne' - Twitter over the moon as Virat Kohli returns to RCB captaincy duties against Punjab
Kohli is the stand-in skipper against PBKS as du Plessis is playing as an impact player due to an injury.
The exciting action continued in the Indian Premier League 2023 on Thursday, April 20, as Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore went head-to-head against each other at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Before the game even began, the RCB fans were in for a surprise as Virat Kohli was seen coming out for the toss for the action-packed encounter.
The star batter informed at the toss since Faf du Plessis can’t take the field, he will be playing as an Impact Player, and hence Kohli was captaining the side for the match. It is for the first time since stepping down as RCB captain in 2021 that Kohli will be seen leading the side.
It will be Kohli’s 141st game as RCB skipper; he has led the side in 140 matches in his IPL career and won 64 out of those while losing 69 with a win percentage of 48.16. Under his leadership, the Bangalore-base franchise finished as runner-ups in the 2016 edition of the tournament courtesy of a record-breaking season with the bat for Kohli.
The star batter amassed 973 runs across 16 innings at an average of 81.08 and with four hundreds to his name, all of which are unbroken records in a single season of the T20 extravaganza.
The 34-year-old is being seen in imperious form in the ongoing season as well, having scored 220 runs in five innings at an average of 55 and a strike rate of 147.65 with three fifties to his name.
Kohli and Faf once again get RCB off to a blistering start
Coming back to the match, after being put in to bat first by Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran, Kohli (50* off 40) and du Plessis (64* off 44) once again got RCB off to a blistering start adding 119/0 in 14 overs and have set an incredible platform for the death overs. During the course of his innings, the RCB captain also reached the landmark of 600 fours in the IPL. He now has the second most number of fours in the tournament’s history after Shikhar Dhawan.
Meanwhile, Twitter was abuzz with reactions as Kohli was seen captaining the side a long time.
Here are some of the Tweets:
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