The new skipper may have not taken the review if not for his tactical brilliance.
Tactical brilliance by Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) Virat Kohli led to the wicket of Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) Deepak Hooda during their clash in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.
Hooda was caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma, but the on-field umpire gave him not out. Rajat Patidar made the T signal for the review quite early, but replays showed that it was Kohli who influenced the new RCB skipper. That move from Kohli to persuade Patidar for the review was a game-changer as it resulted in the dismissal of Hooda.
It was a short length ball outside off from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Hooda went with the shot but took a faint edge off the bat en route to Jitesh. The Super Kings were restricted to 26/3 in 4.4 overs during their run chase of 197.
The woes for Chennai Super Kings did not end there as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They lost Sam Curran in the ninth over, Rachin Ravindra and Shivam Dube in the 13th, and Ravichandran Ashwin in the 16th. Among all these batters, only Ravindra managed to convert from a start to a fighting knock, scoring 41 runs off 31 balls.
At the time of writing this report, CSK were 101/7 in 16.3 overs, with MS Dhoni having lined Ravindra Jadeja in the middle.
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Earlier, a knock of 51 from Rajat Patidar along with knocks from Phil Salt (32), Virat Kohli (31), and Devdutt Padikkal (27) led RCB to 196/7 from 20 overs.
CSK had beaten Mumbai Indians in their first game, whereas RCB had got the better of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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