Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bought off to a flying commence of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 clash in opposition to MS Dhoni’s Chennai Huge Kings (CSK) however they did now not take care of the momentum as they’ll handiest tackle 156/6 of their 20 overs.
Kohli, who opened the innings with teen Devdutt Padikkal, added 111 runs for the opening wicket, which saw both the batters scoring their respective half-centuries. Alternatively, RCB’s aspirations of posting a monumental entire took a touch as others did now not tempo up with wickets tumbling at long-established intervals.
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CSK all-rounder Dwayne Bravo turn out to be the standout performer from CSK camp and the Windies cricketer discovered big make stronger from Shardul Thakur. The duo blended to procedure shut five wickets of their eight overs as RCB would possibly perhaps perhaps handiest muster 66 runs within the ideal 10 overs.
Rapidly after the first innings concluded, Twitter turn out to be flooded with memes as followers took a dig in opposition to RCB. Right here are about a reactions:
1. How RCB started
2. How they performed pic.twitter.com/kXF6wW6a4K— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 24, 2021
Awaiting the day when all RCB players are in manufacture pic.twitter.com/decWGfvj1q
— Abhyudaya Mohan (@AbhyudayaMohan) September 24, 2021
RCB in 1st 10 over In last 10 over pic.twitter.com/Ttunk5fhCH
— Imabzkhan MSDian (@MSDhoniRules) September 24, 2021
#CSKvRCB
RCB in last 10 overs: pic.twitter.com/lNXeP82Jgm— (@RomanaRaza) September 24, 2021
How RCB started their innings and the procedure they performed pic.twitter.com/Dm93NYSqpJ
— abhi (@HerpesDongara) September 24, 2021
Meanwhile, Kohli and Padikkal stitched RCB’s absolute top partnership (for all wickets) in opposition to CSK in IPL historical past. The pair overtook the old fable scheme by Kohli himself along with Chris Gayle, who had added 109 runs in opposition to CSK for the 2nd wicket.
Gentle South Africa teammates Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers stand third within the listing with a 103-bustle stand.
