MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli disappointed with the booing of Hardik Pandya, made such a gesture towards the audience that the video went viral
When Hardik Pandya came to bat at Wankhede Stadium after Rohit Sharma was out, the audience booed him loudly. Seeing this, Virat Kohli got furious and appealed to the audience to praise Hardik Pandya instead of booing. This video went viral rapidly. RCB had to suffer a 7-wicket defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians.
Sports Desk, New Delhi. When Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya came to the crease to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, the spectators present at the Wankhede Stadium booed him loudly. Virat Kohli looked quite disappointed with the behavior of the spectators in the 25th match of IPL 2024.
Kohli pointed towards the Wankhede audience and appealed to praise Hardik Pandya. The video of Virat Kohli pointing towards the audience went viral on social media within moments. Hardik Pandya, regardless of the booing, played a match-winning inning for Mumbai Indians. He scored unbeaten 21 runs with the help of three sixes in just 6 balls. His strike rate was 350.
Something like this happened in the field…
Mumbai Indians, chasing the target of 197 runs set by RCB, lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma on the second ball of the 12th over of the innings. Jax got Rohit caught out by Topley. After Rohit Sharma’s dismissal, Hardik Pandya came to the crease. The Wankhede audience welcomed captain Hardik Pandya with booing.
Former RCB captain Virat Kohli did not like this attitude of the audience. He gestured to praise Hardik Pandya. Virat Kohli did not need to work hard on fielding as Mumbai Indians batsmen hit a lot of sixes in the match and achieved the required target in just 15.3 overs by losing three wickets. But Virat Kohli is being praised a lot, who, while showing sportsmanship, saved the opposing captain from booing.
Condition of Mumbai and RCB
Mumbai Indians made a strong comeback after losing the first three matches and won both their next matches. After defeating Delhi, Mumbai defeated RCB by seven wickets in the 25th match of IPL 2024 on Thursday. Mumbai Indians have now reached seventh place in the points table of IPL 2024. This was RCB’s fifth defeat in six matches and they are at 9th place in the points table.
