Raipur: On Wednesday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders was truly historic for Virat Kohli. In that match, Kohli surpassed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to play the most IPL matches with 279 matches. Durant Shatran is also great. However, there has been a lot of noise around a comment made by Virat Kohli in that match.
Virat Kohli is in good form in IPL. Kohli has performed well in the matches he has played for India recently. However, a few days ago, there were strong speculations about his future. There were whispers from various quarters that even Kohli’s game for India in the 2027 50-over World Cup was not guaranteed. That speculation has been largely confirmed. However, recently a viral video of Kohli has created a buzz on social media.
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In that video, Kohli is seen shadowing Dilskoop between innings during the RCB vs KKR match. He was then heard saying on the stump mic, ‘I’m going to hit this shot. Now I have to play for India. Now I will hit all the shots.’ Many people get worried after hearing this comment. The talk begins, is Kohli talking about complete retirement? Actually, it is not like that. Kohli has not spoken or hinted at retirement from ODIs in any way. However, Virat Kohli claims that he will start playing all kinds of shots as he no longer plays T20 or Test cricket, so he will not play for India anymore in T20 cricket.
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To talk about the match today Kolkata Knight RidersChasing 192 against , last time champions RCB achieved the target with five balls to spare. Virat Kohli was in rhythm from the start of the match. Varun Chakraborty-less in his own record match KKR Khan ‘King’ practically tore the bowling apart, scoring his ninth career IPL century. He played a devastating innings of 105 runs from 60 balls and became the man of the match KohliE. And KKR lost in despair. The Knights’ streak stopped after four matches.