Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni met after a long time during the ongoing IPL 2024 opener between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Virat was seen talking to Dhoni during his brief stay at the crease.
MSD, who recently left Chennai’s captaincy, was seen congratulating his former India teammate. Here is the video
However, it was not happy outing for Kohli who failed to time the ball and was dismissed for 21 runs off 20 balls, laced with just 1 six.
Kohli was seen trying to hard to score runs before Mustafizur Rahman took his prized scalp.
RCB were in a danger of getting restricted to below 130 but sensational hitting by Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik took the score to 173/6 in 20 overs. The two added 95 runs in less than 10 overs.
Rawat accumulated 48 runs off 25 balls, with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Karthik was unbeaten on 38 runs off 26 delieveries, including 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Earlier, Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first to take advantage of the freshness of the wicket. He started brilliantly and amassed 35 off 23, with the help of 8 fours.
His dismissal led mini collapse, with Rajat Patidar (0) and Glenn Maxwell (0) went back without opening their account. When Kohli and Cameron Green were looking comfortable, the former perished while trying to hit a six. Green also departed on an individual score of 18, with 76/5 on the board.
Rawat and Karthik came together to added important runs.
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