Virat Kohli on Sunday took a cheeky jibe at KL Rahul by recreating his “this is my ground” Kantara celebration after Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) six-wicket win against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
It was the celebration KL Rahul pulled off earlier this month at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru when he scored an unbeaten 93 off 53 balls to guide Delhi to victory over RCB.
During the post-match celebration in Delhi, Virat Kohli approached KL Rahul, who was talking to his Karnataka teammates Karun Nair and Devdutt Padikkal, and tried to do the Kantara celebration.
However, KL then pointed him towards the pitch and asked him to do it there, and the duo burst into laughter.
After his celebration in Bengaluru, Rahul had said: “This is a special place for me. That celebration was from one of my favourite movies, Kantara. So, yeah, just a tiny reminder that this ground, this turf, this home is where I have grown up, and that this is mine.”
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In the match, Krunal Pandya blasted a 47-ball 73 not out as RCB defeated DC by six wickets. Put in to bat, KL Rahul top-scored with a 39-ball 41, but DC lost wickets at regular intervals before Tristan Stubbs’ 18-ball 34 lifted them to a competitive total of 162 for 8.
RCB then chased down the target in 18.3 overs with Pandya (73 not out) and Virat Kohli (51) making contrasting fifties. Tim David smashed a 5-ball 19 not out and knocked off the winning runs.
For DC, Axar Patel (2/19) snapped two wickets. Earlier, Bhuveshwar Kumar (3/33) and Josh Hazlewood (2/36) snapped three and two wickets respectively, while Krunal Pandya (1/28) and Yash Dayal (1/42) accounted for one wicket each to restrict DC.
