‘Naveen’s insta story loading’ – Fans react as Virat Kohli gets out cheaply after struggling to get going against RR in IPL 2023

In the battle of Royals, Rajasthan Royals is hosting Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 60th match of the Indian Premier League 2023. Both teams are anxious for a win to strengthen their playoff chances. The match is being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Winning the toss, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis chose to bat first in the day game. However, this decision did not pay well for them as both openers were troubled by the spinners in the powerplay. Virat Kohli and Faf had no answers to the spin trio of Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Adam Zampa.

The Inaugural season champs only gave up 42 runs in the powerplay. After that, Virat’s troubles continued when KM Asif was put to the attack in the seventh over. He was eventually dismissed on the last delivery of the over.

Asif’s sudden change of speed fooled Kohli. This was the knuckle ball, which was significantly slower than the previous balls, and the batter rushed out, hoping for a drive very early. Yashasvi Jaiswal went to his right from extra cover to complete a fantastic, high grab after Virat chipped it aimlessly in the air.

This was the former RCB captain’s second consecutive performance in the tournament. The stylish batter failed to perform against Mumbai Indians in their last match at the Wankhede Stadium, having scored just one run. The 34-year-old would aim to forget about these outings and get back into shape at this critical point in the competition.

In the meantime, Du Plessis regained his form and put on a solid partnership with Glenn Maxwell for the second wicket. Until the 15th over, the two contributed 69 runs to their partnership. The skipper went on to score another half-century in the tournament and was dismissed after scoring 55 runs in 44 balls, which included three fours and two sixes.

Here is how fans reacted to Virat Kohli’s dismissal

Naveen' insta story loading😂

— Raaaaajjjjj (@MaxShot_iam) May 14, 2023

He's finished man I'm fully convinced now.

— SAVAGE (@Freakvillliers) May 14, 2023

Let's all laugh at chokli 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

— Z 🦁 (@Mahiizaid) May 14, 2023

Rohit and Kohli seem clearly out of sync for Indian T20 Team. Consistency and Strike Rate a big issue.

— Vinit parashar (@Vinitparashar85) May 14, 2023

So what should be Virat Kohli's approach? He took 1 ball extra to score his 18 runs and threw away the wicket when it came to improving his strike rate. Couldn't he have started scoring early in the power play itself? Virat is a big player but he has to think about his strike…

— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952) May 14, 2023

Kya Ho Gaya Hai Rohit Virat Ko ? 😒

— Narendra Modi fan (@narendramodi177) May 14, 2023

Naveen ? Kahan ho aao 😂

— Naveen (@_naveenish) May 14, 2023

Again made least known bowler famous

— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) May 14, 2023

Phir bhi jeetegi RCB ❤️👍🏻

— Atul (@dikhhat_hai_) May 14, 2023

He's been good with runs but really disappointing with the strike rate. But King needs just one innings to fire things up.

— Shahzeb Khan (@theshahzebkhan) May 14, 2023