Very rarely do you see Virat Kohli being unable yo breach the score during a chase. But it happened today in a must-win match for Royal Challenger Bangalore when they locked horns with Rising Pune Supergiant. Even at the toss, Virat Kohli said the equation is simple all they need to do is win 5 out of five to make it to the playoffs. They won the toss and opted to field. RPS scored 157 and while the score looked very getable, RCB collapse started none of them stuck around. It was like an action replay of the match they played against KKR, where they folded for 49. The scores of RCB was like a phone number apart from Virat Kohli’s 55, no one breached double figures, that is the sad state RCB were in.
It was like bicycles falling in a row or like nine pins falling. Virat Kohli kept on batting without gifting his wicket like his colleagues. But that was not good enough and very early you could sense Virat is playing for a losing cause. To his innings Twitter had a lot to say, some spoke good, some bad and some were funny and sarcastic.
Here are the pick of the tweets:
#ViratKohli is the only captain to score a half-century in a match where team total is below 100 in #IPL. #RPSvRCB
— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) April 29, 2017
#RPSvRCB, Last time #viratKohli and his team scorecard was an indian phone no, this time it is Brazilian +55-2372135284
— HERE FΘR SALMANᴷᴷᴿ (@BeingArmaan_) April 29, 2017
Feeling sad about captain #viratKohli and RCB. They missed well deserved century by 4 runs. Iss bar under 100 #RPSvRCB
— HERE FΘR SALMAN (@BeingArmaan_) April 29, 2017
One of the most weird batting performances… #RCB are such a disappointment and #Viratkohli is looking like he doesn’t even wanna be here
— Bharat Allahan (@BAllahan) April 29, 2017
Well Played #Viratkohli
When the team was needed 10+ RR he played a calm Innings
RUN MACHINE for U BITCHES pic.twitter.com/xjbUPRAYgW— Prat!k ROkade (@IamPratik45) April 29, 2017
#RCB is playing to save a test match. #ViratKohli it’s ok to go down swinging. Reminder opposition captain is #SteveSmith #RPSvRCB
— Vikram Jeet Singh (@Imvikramjsingh) April 29, 2017
@imVkohli @RCBTweets you may shave your beard to change luck. #RPSvRCB #Viratkohli
— Amey Deshpande (@ameydeshpande94) April 29, 2017
@palak63 @imVkohli @RCBTweets i just saw him in dug out, he’s almost to cry, #Viratkohli @RCBTweets #shame
— Swapnil Chaudhari (@TheSwapnilC) April 29, 2017