Virat Kohli Whenever Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) takes the field in the Indian Premier League (IPL), it is always the center of attention. The same happened once again during their game against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday, April 30.
Kohli took a brilliant reflex catch off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar to elude GT captain Shubman Gill. After taking the catch, in typical Kohli style, the Indian batsman displayed immense emotion and aggression to lift not only his team but also the crowd present inside the stadium. During his celebration, he was also seen throwing the ball down with great force and anger, which shows how much it meant to him to take the catch, getting the better of Gill.
Virat Kohli's aggressive celebration after taking the catch of Shubman Gill can be seen below:
The way Gill was scoring, it was very important to get him out. rcb To make sure they still have a chance to win in Ahmedabad. Therefore Kohli's aggressive celebration was completely justified.
Before taking his wicket, Gill had made a brilliant start to his innings and given GT the perfect platform to chase 156 runs. India's Test and ODI captain was scoring runs freely, eventually being dismissed for 43 runs off just 17 balls, an innings that included four fours and three sixes.
In only the second over of the run chase, Gill gave away 24 runs in one over to Australia's Josh Hazlewood and also hit two sixes.
Gill has once again been GT's best player this season. The right-handed batsman has scored 373 runs in eight innings at an average of 46.62 and a strike rate of 155.41.
Kohli, on the other hand, made good contributions with the bat in the first innings. He scored 28 runs off just 13 balls, which included hitting five consecutive fours off Kagiso Rabada, before falling victim to the South African an over later.
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