IPL 2023: Virat Kohli’s ‘tears’ picture went viral after Shubman Gill’s century, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s hopes are over

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli did everything in his power to lift his side into the IPL 2023 playoffs but had enough of his heroics on Sunday. Kohli scored his second consecutive IPL century – a record seventh century in the T20 league – but it was Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill’s second consecutive century as the defending champions thrashed the defending champions by six wickets in their final league match against RCB in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and ensured that the home side failed to reach the playoff stage.

RCB’s exit meant that Mumbai Indians, who beat Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier in the day, would qualify as the fourth team after GT, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. Kohli, who scored a brilliant 101 off 61 balls with 13 fours and 1 six to take RCB to 197 for 5, was left in tears at the end of the match as Gill hit 104 off 52 balls. Making sure GT with five balls to spare. ,

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However, after breaking former West Indies opener Chris Gayle’s record for most hundreds in IPL, Kohli revealed that he is again at his best in T20 cricket. “Yeah, I felt great. A lot of people think my T20 cricket is going downhill, but I don’t think so at all. I feel like I’m playing my best T20 cricket again. I’m just myself Enjoying that, that’s how I play T20 cricket. If the conditions allow me, I look to hit the gaps, hit a lot of boundaries and finally the big ones,” Kohli told former Team India captain told head coach Ravi Shastri during the mid-innings break.

“Strike rate, all those kinds of things I’ve said in the past as well… You have to read the situation and rise to the occasion when the situation demands, and that’s something I take great pride in doing, and I Been doing it for a while now. I feel really good about my game at the moment and the way I’m batting out there in the middle order,” Kohli said.

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Meanwhile, Gill, who hit his second century in the IPL, said it was all about converting knocks into ‘big ones’. “It is about taking a start and turning it into a big one. Thankfully it’s working for me on the business end. You have to keep applying yourself, it’s important. The new ball was holding a bit. The ball was getting wet with dew. I felt Vijay Shankar was trying to work too hard. Once he got the momentum, he hit it a long way. I know my game… It is important for any player to know who you are. I think we have the best bowling attack for that (Chennai) wicket.

Gill and GT will now take on MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 1 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.