Sourav Ganguly’s ACT of Respect For Virat Kohli During IPL 2024 Match Between RCB-DC Year After ‘NO-Handshake’ Controversy | WATCH VIDEO
Ganguly seemed to have congratulated Kohli to which the RCB star responded 'Thank you'.
Benglauru: It is no secret that Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli are not the best of mates. Ganguly was suspected to be involved behind Kohli’s omission as India’s Test captain. Back then, in 2021, so much was being written and being speculated over the two. To confirm things, the two legends did not shake hands after an IPL match last year. But on Sunday, during the handshake ritual, Ganguly removed his cap as a matter of respect and shook hands with Kohli. Ganguly seemed to have congratulated Kohli to which the RCB star responded ‘Thank you’. Here is the clip that is now going viral:
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Meanwhile, an 88-run partnership off 53 balls for the third wicket between Rajat Patidar (52) and Will Jacks (41), along with Cameron Green’s 32 not out and left-arm pacer Yash Dayal’s 3-20 headlined the RCB win.
Pushed into batting first, DC dropped four catches as RCB stayed the course of playing attacking cricket. But the visitors came back strongly in the last five overs, giving away 49 runs while taking five wickets to keep RCB to 187/9, 13 runs below 200, which seemed to be a strong possibility at one point.
In reply, Dayal led a superb bowlers’ show on a slightly two-paced pitch to bowl out DC for 140. DC, playing without captain Rishabh Pant due to slow-over rate suspension, never recovered from the setback of losing four wickets in the Power-play. Stand-in skipper Axar Patel’s 57 off 39 balls kept DC in the hunt, but he found little support from other batters, as dropping four catches in the first innings came back to haunt them.
Moreover, DC were hurt by Jake Fraser-McGurk and Tristan Stubbs’ runouts in the chase of 188. Sunday’s result means both RCB and DC are on 12 points, but the former are not in fifth place in the points table with a positive net run rate, as compared to the latter now in sixth position with a negative net run rate.
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