New Delhi: Virat Kohli, the batter of Royal Challengers Bangalore has again proved himself to be the greatest of all times (G.O.A.T.) by batting his best against Gujarat Titans on May 19. This game was considered to be most crucial for RCB with Virat Kohli getting knocked off at 73 runs helping his team to win the game by eight wickets. Kohli’s 73 runs comprised eight fours and two sixes and he batted with a strike rate of 135.19.
Virat Kohli was not in his best form in the ongoing IPL season. In most of the games, he got knocked out at minimal runs. However, he gave his best when his team needed it. All his fans as well as the cricket fraternity took to Twitter to congratulate him on his comeback.
Take a look at some of the congratulatory wishes:
Cometh the hour cometh the man ? #RCBvGT #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/b44H3OySN6
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 19, 2022
KING FOR A REASON, KING OF ALL SEASONS.
Really happy to see our champ Virat Kohli is back in his ferocious form. #RCBvGT #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/leaQ9kzwzq
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) May 19, 2022
A big knock was just around the corner and what better stage to bring it up for @imVkohli ? ? #RCBvGT #IPL2022
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 19, 2022
What a shot to bring his 50 ? #ViratKohli
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 19, 2022
Looks familiar doesn’t it??? Yep
“The KING is DOMINATING”
#RCBvGT #IPL2022— Riyan Paragg (@ParagRiyan) May 19, 2022
Some saying the King is back, others know he never really left ?? #RCBvGT #ViratKohli?
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) May 19, 2022
The return of the KING ?❤??@imVkohli#GOAT? #ViratKohli #VK18 #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/mvZdSufuBq
— Virat Thakur (@virat__1817) May 20, 2022
This is our King Kohli that we all know ❤️.#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/XsHkmo2Pdc
— Pathamuthu Karthick ?☠️ (@PathamuthuKart1) May 20, 2022
Comeback of the king ? @imVkohli | #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/B0oRV78MRa
— Madhav (@MadhavKohliFan) May 20, 2022
Virat Kohli The #GOAT? ?
Nobody forget The King Kohli record
Is it possible to break #VK18 records definitely NOT …??#ViratKohli #ViratKohli? #KingKohli #Virat #Kohli @imVkohli #TheKing pic.twitter.com/ajTh2mKsRO— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) May 20, 2022
Good morning ? to all who believe that the KING ? is back! ❤️?#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/iNxrqmjmY6
— ✨ DC ? ✨ (@deepayan161) May 20, 2022
Don’t know how much time designers took to edit this photo. But he proved his worth ?❤️#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/n6j0ST9Rry
— Shashank (@Shashank18_70) May 20, 2022
It Feels like Poetry To Watch The Bat Flow Of Virat Kohli
Goat In A Beast Form#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/Uoi68LinCs— VIRAT KOHLI (@Fazil_bhat1) May 20, 2022
Still can’t come out from this ?#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/4MvQ1SONun
— 133(86) (@coverdrive1_8) May 20, 2022
Most runs for a single Franchise :-
Virat Kohli for RCB – 7016* ?
Suresh Raina for CSK – 5529
Rohit Sharma for MI – 4980No One Comes Even Close To Him @imVkohli ❤️?#ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/lIZV6sZJuJ
— Ravi ? (@kukreja_ravii) May 20, 2022
Form is temporary
Class is permanent ?#ViratKohli? https://t.co/fK2z9r50Ta— im_ni®️os?? (@Niros31785374) May 20, 2022
He is back with bang #ViratKohli? #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/TGRhL9fZOI
— Pakistan Cricket at it’s best! (@riaz_adan) May 20, 2022
The Beast we were waiting for! #RCB #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/U8bmEyDZgh
— RK (@RK_sports) May 19, 2022
A champion never stays quiet for long! #ViratKohli? #rcbvsgt #ipl2022
— Raj kumar sharma (@rajkumarcricket) May 19, 2022
THE KING IS BACK! ? @imVkohli ??
When it mattered most! #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/feoKMlFsau— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) May 19, 2022
In the encounter between RCB and GT, the latter team scored 168/5 in 20 overs with their skipper Hardik Pandya scoring an unbeaten 62. Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood from RCB acquired two wickets.
While chasing a total of 169, Kohli and Faf du Plessis together put up 115 runs for the opening wicket. Kohli and Faf got knocked out at 73 and 44 respectively. In the end, Glenn Maxwell scored an unbeaten 40 runs off 18 balls to register an eight-wicket win for RCB.
RCB has kept their chances alive of qualifying for the playoff. However, Delhi Capitals are still in the competition for the playoff if they survive against Mumbai Indians today.
