Gujarat Titans (GT) spinner Noor Ahmad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli shared a special moment after the match between the two teams in the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Virat Kohli gifted Noor Ahmad his signed jersey as a gesture of his sportsmanship.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru secured a four-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at their home ground, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday, May 4. Virat Kohli scored 42 runs off 27 balls, including two fours and four sixes. Noor Ahmad picked up two wickets for 23 runs in his four overs.
Noor Ahmad managed to take the wicket of Virat Kohli in the 11th over of the RCB innings. The star batter slid outside off stump googly to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who took a good catch. The crowd, including Anushka Sharma, Kohli’s wife, were in complete shock after the dismissal.
Deal Noor Ahmad, Well Bowled – Virat Kohli
After the game, Kohli gifted the young spinner a signed RCB jersey with the message “Dear Noor, bowled well. I wish you all the best.” The Afghan bowler shared a picture on Instagram to his story and wrote: “Always one of my favorites. Thank you Virat Kohli.”
Virat Kohli gifted Noor Ahmed his signed jersey with the message, “Well bowled, wish you all the best.”
– The global icon, King. 👑 pic.twitter.com/mkdfkRbZ46
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 5, 2024
Virat Kohli showed aggressive intentions right from the start during the chase and hit a six off his second ball. Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis dominated the Gujarat Titans’ bowling attack, scoring 92 runs in just 5.5 overs. Du Plessis scored 64 off 23 balls, including 10 fours and three sixes, before being dismissed.
Faf du Plessis’ sacking triggered a collapse for RCB. The team collapsed from a strong 92-0 to 117-6. However, Dinesh Karthik (21*) and Swapnil Singh (15*) steadied the innings and led RCB to victory in the 14th over. Mohammed Siraj was chosen based on his numbers of 29.02. named player of the game.
We were really good – Faf Du Plessis
RCB captain Faf du Plessis was happy with the team’s performance in the recent game. Du Plessis admitted they should have assessed the situation better during the chase, especially after losing early wickets.
“We’ve been really good in the last few games, both with the bat and the ball. We’ve been incredible on the field too. The wicket was a little different, there was a little more bounce. We wanted to make sure we got it done.” Take that information off the field and pass it on to the bowlers. said Faf du Plessis.
“The games we played here were all very high-scoring, anything around 180-190 would have been the same. It was important that we didn’t look at the scoreboard when we batted and tried to play the way we play.” . Probably wasn’t our best assessment. Yes, we wanted to go out quickly to increase the NRR, but we probably needed to calm down a bit when we were 4.
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