Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli on Friday (September 24) displayed his class as he hit a sparkling half-century in the 35th match of the IPL 2021 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Sharjah.

Kohli had come under the scanner after RCB’s embarrassing loss in their last game against KKR and the skipper silenced his critics with a flawless knock.

Opening the innings, Virat shared a 111-run stand with Devdutt Padikkal to lay the foundation for RCB’s big total. He took on all the CSK bowlers and scored 53 off 41 balls before getting out in the 14th over.

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Kohli’s innings was studded with 6 fours and 1 six and the highlight of his knock was a maximum against Shardul Thakur.

During the 5th over of RCB’s innings, Virat Kohli executed a no-look six off Shardul over deep mid-wicket. It was a trademark Kohli shot as he generated power through his bottom hand to send the ball into the stands.

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After Kohli’s dismissal, RCB’s innings crumbled as they ended up with the score of 156/6 on the board in their allotted 20 overs.

While Padikkal returned with 50-ball 70, other big names such AB de Villiers (12) and Glenn Maxwell (11) failed to make a mark.