Virat Kohli took a cheeky dig at Indian teammate KL Rahul by by recreating his "this is my ground" Kantara celebration after Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium six-wicket win against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
Rahul was with his Karnataka mates Karun Nair and Devdutt Padikkal when Kohli approached Rahul and tried to do the Kantara celebration. However, Rahul pointed towards the pitch and asked him to do it there, and the duo burst into laughter, and embraced each other.
Rahul had celebrated aggressively at the Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru when he scored an unbeaten 93 off 53 balls to guide Delhi to victory over RCB in the reverse fixture.
After his celebration in Bengaluru, Rahul had said, “This is a special place for me. That celebration was from one of my favourite movies, Kantara. So, yeah, just a tiny reminder that this ground, this turf, this home is where I have grown up, and that this is mine.”
On Sunday, Krunal Pandya smashed a 47-ball 73 not out as RCB defeated DC by six wickets. Put in to bat, Rahul top-scored with a 39-ball 41 for DC. However, the hosts lost wickets at regular intervals before Tristan Stubbs' 18-ball 34 lifted them to a competitive total of 162 for 8.
RCB chased down the target in 18.3 overs with Pandya and Virat Kohli (51) making major contributions. Tim David smashed a 5-ball 19 not out and knocked off the winning runs.
For DC, captain Axar Patel snapped two wickets. Earlier, Bhuveshwar Kumar (3/33) and Josh Hazlewood (2/36) led RCB's bowling, while Krunal Pandya and Yash Dayal accounted for one wicket each to restrict DC.
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Rahul had celebrated aggressively at the Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru when he scored an unbeaten 93 off 53 balls to guide Delhi to victory over RCB in the reverse fixture.
After his celebration in Bengaluru, Rahul had said, “This is a special place for me. That celebration was from one of my favourite movies, Kantara. So, yeah, just a tiny reminder that this ground, this turf, this home is where I have grown up, and that this is mine.”
On Sunday, Krunal Pandya smashed a 47-ball 73 not out as RCB defeated DC by six wickets. Put in to bat, Rahul top-scored with a 39-ball 41 for DC. However, the hosts lost wickets at regular intervals before Tristan Stubbs' 18-ball 34 lifted them to a competitive total of 162 for 8.
RCB chased down the target in 18.3 overs with Pandya and Virat Kohli (51) making major contributions. Tim David smashed a 5-ball 19 not out and knocked off the winning runs.
For DC, captain Axar Patel snapped two wickets. Earlier, Bhuveshwar Kumar (3/33) and Josh Hazlewood (2/36) led RCB's bowling, while Krunal Pandya and Yash Dayal accounted for one wicket each to restrict DC.
