Virat Kohli and KL Rahul engaged in a heated alternate in the course of the IPL 2025 encounter between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals on Sunday. The incident happened in the course of the RCB innings with Virat on the crease and Rahul holding wickets. In a video going viral on social media, each Indian cricket group stars had been seen having a heated altercation. Whereas the precise purpose behind the altercation was not clear, the strain was palpable between the duo earlier than play resumed. Nevertheless, there was nothing extra to the incident as each of them went again to the sport with none additional incident.
Issues are heating up in Delhi!#ViratKohli and #KLRahul alternate a number of phrases on this nail-biting match between #DC and #RCB.
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Coming to the match, RCB defeated DC by 6 wickets to say the highest spot within the IPL factors desk.
Krunal Pandya recorded his first fifty in IPL since 2016, serving to Royal Challengers Bengaluru pull off a six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals.
Krunal (73 not out of 47 balls), who has a part of each IPL season since his debut in 2016, paced his innings completely whereas batting alongside chase grasp Virat Kohli (51 off 47).
The duo shared a 119-run stand off 84 balls as RCB chased down 163 in 18.3 overs to increase their unbeaten run away from dwelling.
RCB bowlers put a squeeze on Delhi Capitals within the center overs by Josh Hazlewood and the spinners to restrict the house group to 162 for six.
For RCB, it was their seventh win in 10 video games whereas DC suffered solely their third loss in 9 matches. Each groups are on the right track to make the play-offs.
At 26 for 3, RCB felt the warmth earlier than Krunal and Kohli bailed them out.
In his maiden season for RCB, Krunal has made beneficial contributions with each bat and ball.
On Sunday evening, Kohli performed the proper anchor as Krunal got here up with well timed hits on a tough floor to ship a positive win for his group. His straight hit by the road off Mukesh Kumar and an aerial drive over cowl off the wily Kuldeep Yadav stood out amongst his 4 sixes.
Kohli’s consistency has been exceptional this season and the knock in opposition to DC was his sixth 50-plus rating in 10 innings. The spotlight of his strong effort was the straight drive off Mitchell Starc.
The evening, nonetheless, belonged to Krunal who collected solely his second 50-plus rating in 116 IPL innings.
(With PTI inputs)
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