Virat Kohli started his IPL 2023 campaign in a fine fashion as he slammed a half-century in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) tournament opener against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday (April 2).

Chasing 172 to win, Kohli and RCB skipper Faf du Plessis took the MI attack to the cleaners. Both of them were matching each other shot by shot.

However, it was a couple of sixes from Virat against MI speedster Jofra Archer that became the talk of the town.

The first six came in the fourth over as Kohli came down the track and launched Jofra over long-off while the second one, which was hit in the 14th over, was a breathtaking pull over deep square leg.

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The duo of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis added 148 runs for the opening wicket. Arshad Khan broke the partnership by removing the RCB captain for 73 off 43 balls.

At the time of writing this article, Kohli was batting on 72* off 47 balls with RCB needing 23 more runs in 26 balls to seal the chase.