On Friday, 29 March, Virat Kohli ramped up the heat as he took the field for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their third IPL 2024 encounter against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
The top RCB batter, who returned to form with a match-winning 77 off 49 balls against the Punjab Kings earlier this week, got off to a flying start in Bengaluru.
He took on KKR’s INR 24.75 Cr buy Mitchell Starc and showcased his whole array of shots against the pacer.
One shot that stood out was early on in his innings, when Kohli effortlessly flicked Starc’s inswinger on his pads over the midwicket boundary for a six. Kohli, 35, displayed perfect timing as he used his bottom hand to produce enormous power to clear the boundary against Starc.
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Such was the brilliance in the shot that India's batting great, Sunil Gavaskar, was left in absolute awe. As soon as Kohli hit the shot, Gavaskar, on-air at the time, exclaimed, ‘Out of my sight! Look at the flick, look at the bottom hand. What a shot that is. Wonderful.”
Here is the video:
Not only Gavaskar, but actor Ravi Kishan, who is commentating in Bhojpuri language also sung praises of the shot.
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