Virat Kohli vs KKR out: Rahul Tripathi grabs magnificent catch to dismiss RCB captain as V Chakravarthy picks two wickets in 1st over

Virat Kohli vs KKR out: The captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore was dismissed for a single-digit score against Knight Riders.

During the 10th match of the ongoing 14th season of the Indian Premier League between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Varun Chakravarthy made early inroads into the opposition’s batting lineup by picking a couple of wickets in his first over.

Being asked to share the new ball with veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh by captain Eoin Morgan, Chakravarthy foxed Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli (5) to play a false aerial shot.

With Kohli looking to clear mid-off, he ended up slicing the ball over extra cover as the ball hit the outer part of his bat. KKR batsman Rahul Tripathi, who was fielding at extra cover, back-pedaled a few steps before grabbing a magnificent reflex catch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

On the last delivery of the same over, Chakravarthy cleaned up Rajat Patidar (1) as the only inclusion into RCB’s XI for this match failed to make an impact with the bat.

Earlier, it was Kohli who had won the toss and elected to bat. Unlike Royal Challengers, Knight Riders have fielded an unchanged Playing XI for their last league match in at this venue.

Virat Kohli vs KKR out

The catch of the season by Rahul Tripathi 🤯🤯🤯🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥#RCBvsKKR #KKRvsRCB #KKRHaiTaiyaar #RCB #RahulTripathi #ViratKohli

P.S. I made Virat Kohli the captain in my Dream 11 team 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/XJNxL2gLdy

— Shoronjeet Banerjee (@shoronjeet16) April 18, 2021

How Twitterati reacted:

The Kohli dismissal: that catch is much tougher than the stuff you see on the boundary. This is tough to practice, the boundary flicks are now regular in training sessions. Great work from Tripathi. #IPL2021

— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) April 18, 2021

Spl catch this.. Most difficult in cricket to run backwards and hold on to one and that too of Virat. He must have felt the pressure of the batsman while running. Well done #rahul

— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) April 18, 2021

How sweet those wickets must be for Chakravarthy after being kept out of the India squad on account of not being fit enough

— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) April 18, 2021

Great start by KKR. Kohli an Oatidar in one over, RCB already on the backfoot

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 18, 2021

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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