Before the match between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Mumbai Indians, Virat Kohli was seen to be watching the batting of Urvil Patel while grabbing a quick energy drink. The video was posted by IPLT20 and it was tagged from Chennai to Raipur, as RCB was playing at the Raipur Stadium today. RCB was gearing up for a very important game in the context of the playoffs as if they won today, they would go on top of the table. For the Chennai Super Kings, they had less margin for error and a victory was a much needed one to stay in the game.
The innings of Urvil Patel was a match-winning knock as he smashed the joint-fastest half-century in the history of the IPL. The Chennai Super Kings hadn’t chased a total above 180 since 2019 and it was a humiliating
record for the five-time champions. Urvil Patel did a fabulous job to put the bowlers under pressure early on and he was striking at almost 500 at the start of his knock. Virat Kohli was probably in admiration of the youngster as he was striking the ball as cleanly as it could get.
Urvil Patel’s breathtaking innings revives CSK’s playoff hopes after victory against LSG
The Chennai Super Kings were under immense pressure from the start of the game due to a power packed knock from Josh Inglis. He put the CSK bowlers under pressure and it was difficult for them to contain the heat of the Aussie batter. They fought back brilliantly with the bowl as a 220+ total was on the cards but they settled for much less. Despite the wicket of Sanju Samson, the Chennai side didn’t restrain from finding the boundary credit to Urvil Patel.
The Gujarat batter scored 65 off just 23 balls, including 8 sixes and 2 fours, striking at 282. It was undoubtedly the knock that changed the whole complexion of the game and it will go down in the history of CSK as one of the most explosive knocks.
Virat Kohli watching the game of Chennai Super Kings comes as no surprise considering the tense playoff battle that is at stake now. All teams will be watching each other’s games as there is a lot at stake on the results of other matches as well. However, the primary focus of Virat Kohli and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be to secure the two points at Raipur to go on top of the table. They will be facing a Mumbai Indians that is in red-hot form following a solid victory against the Lucknow Super Giants.
