Royal Challengers Bangalore are up in opposition to Rajasthan Royals within the thirty second match of Indian Premier League 2023. Virat Kohli once more got here out to steer the RCB aspect within the absence of normal Faf du Plessis (solely batting as an Impression Participant). Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Sanju Samson opted to bowl first on an excellent batting observe in Bengaluru.
The opening duo of Kohli and du Plessis has executed wonders for Bangalore this season and the gang anticipated each of them to fireside but once more. Though, it was not meant to be and Kohli received out on the very first supply of the match. Kohli’s weak spot in opposition to left-arm pacers is thought to the world and Royals’ pacer Trent Boult proved the identical but once more.
Bowling from over the wicket, Boult bowled an excellent in-swinger and Kohli had no clue about the identical. He tried to flick the ball however it struck him on his pads. It was so plumb that Kohli didn’t even hassle to evaluation the choice. This was Kohli’s tenth duck in IPL historical past and M Chinnaswamy Stadium was useless silent after Kohli’s dismissal.
Boulty’s a centesimal IPL wicket – Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/4Jh2351pB6
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 23, 2023
Virat Kohli Geese in IPL
Kohli’s first duck got here within the inaugural version of the IPL in opposition to Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru. He then had 4 seasons in between which he by no means received out with out opening his run counter. Nevertheless, in 2019, he received dismissed a complete of thrice with out getting off the mark.
It’s fairly attention-grabbing that he has received out on golden geese seven out of ten instances in his profession to date. This can be a file that Kohli would need to enhance within the close to future.
Kolkata Knight Riders‘ batter Mandeep Singh (15) and RCB’s Dinesh Karthik (15) have registered probably the most variety of geese in IPL. Even Mumbai Indians‘ skipper Rohit Sharma has failed to attain a single run 14 instances within the match.
Full Listing of Virat Kohli’s IPL geese
S No.
Rating
Opposition
Yr
Floor
1
0 (1)
Mumbai Indians
2008
Bengaluru
2
0 (2)
Mumbai Indians
2014
Dubai
3
0 (5)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
2014
Bengaluru
4
0 (1)
Kings XI Punjab
2014
Bengaluru
5
0 (2)
Gujarat Lions
2016
Bengaluru
6
0 (1)
Kolkata Knight Riders
2017
Kolkata
7
0…..
