Timesofindia.com in ahmedabad Virat Kohli’s word has been intended over the years. He has played all his cricket riding on that word. How Virat Kohli will rent in the IPL final – a title that he has been following for 18 years – was everyone looking forward.But on Tuesday, when it matters the most, the intention was missing in Kohli’s knock. He scored 35-goals 43 runs in the IPL final against Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Kohli was looking at batting through Kohli, as he usually does in big sports, but he failed to do so and never looked at the Ahmedabad pitch, where anything below 200 is a bottom.On the first ball of the fourth over, Kohli finally made his first limit. Jaimison wandered on the pad and Kohli greetedly accepted the gift, bringing it to the limit of a long leg.Kohli kept feeding single milk, with Phil Salat and Mayank Agarwal were aggressive at the other end. But during the powerplay, both Kohli and Mayank got stuck, and had a period of 13 balls (over 3.4 to 5.3) without a limit.Kohli’s second limit came off his first 17 balls. He played a chic ramp shot to break the hut, finally showed a little intention and gave an indication that he was going to speed up. But again, he went into his shell and faced 10 more balls before collecting his third limit.
Kohli was reduced and played slog-sweep to clean the mid-wicket, and a crowd of jam-packs in Motra.But it did not last long. Azmatullah Omrajai caught a luxurious, and was very loud in the form of Ooh Jayakar from the crowd. For a fraction of a second, the stadium had a pin-drop silence. The Punjab Kings Camp was pumped. Omarjai celebrated in the same way that Travis Head did a stunner on 19 November after taking a stuner to dismiss India captain Rohit Sharma in the 2023 ODI World Cup final.There was also a little drama in Kohli’s dismissal. Omarjai pulled it up directly, and Kohli pulled it up directly. Omrajai, obstructed by non-stray Liam Livingstone, had to go around him, but he managed to resume his speed, he made a complete-stretch, and took it with both hands. Kohli returned disappointing towards RCB Dugout.
While his performance in the major ICC tournament has often criticized the story with an outstanding 76 in the 2024 T20 World Cup final in Barbados. However, he again stumbled in the final of the Champions Trophy, scoring just 1 against New Zealand.Kohli’s IPL final record is also not great. In 2009, chasing a minor 144 against Deccan Chargers, he managed to just 7 as RCB fell from 99/4 to 129. In 2011, he scored 32 runs in 35 balls to chase a shortage against CSK. The 2016 finals, often called his biggest heartbeat, saw him a fluent 54 score for 35 runs before the dramatic RCB collapse.If Liam Livingstone (25 runs in 15 balls), Jitesh Sharma (24 runs in 10 balls), and Romeroo Shepherd (17 runs off 9 balls), not for excellent cameo, who helped RCB reach a respectable total, then to know how much he would have to spend to know how much he would flow from Kohli.
