Wherever Indian team's star batsman Virat Kohli goes, a convoy of his fans follows him. Something similar was seen on Saturday at Kolkata's Eden Gardens. On one hand, while the supporters of defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had come to cheer for their team, on the other hand, a crowd of King Kohli's fans was also desperate for a glimpse of their star. Meanwhile, a fan became so uncontrollable that he even dodged the security personnel and reached close to the right-handed batsman. Its pictures are now going viral on social media.
During this match, an incident happened which attracted everyone's attention. A fan broke the security cordon reached close to Virat Kohli present at the crease, and fell straight at his feet. After this, he got up and hugged the star player. Then the security personnel reached the field took him away from the batsman and took him out. The pictures of this incident are now going viral on social media. Fans are reacting fiercely to this.
The first match of IPL 2025 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After losing the toss and batting first, the defending champions scored 174 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs based on a century partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine. In reply, RCB scored 177 runs for the loss of three wickets in 16.2 overs and won the match by seven wickets.
Phil Salt and Virat Kohli gave the team a great start. There was a partnership of 95 runs for the first wicket between the two. The star batsman of England completed the seventh half-century of his IPL career in just 25 balls and returned to the pavilion after playing a strong innings of 56 runs. He was made his victim by Varun Chakraborty.
Devdutt Padikkal, who came to bat as an impact player after Salt, could score only 10 runs. At the same time, captain Rajat Patidar was dismissed after scoring 34 runs in 16 balls and brought the team close to victory. In this match, King Kohli completed his 56th fifty of his IPL career in 30 balls. He appeared in great form and was successful in leading the team to victory. Kohli remained unbeaten on 59 runs in his 400th T20 while Liam Livingstone scored 15*. At the same time, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, and Sunil Narine took one wicket each for KKR.
Earlier, Kolkata started with a setback. Josh Hazlewood made Quinton de Kock his victim in the very first over. He could score only four runs. After this, Sunil Narine and Ajinkya Rahane took over the front. There was a stormy partnership of 103 runs in 55 balls for the second wicket between the two. Captain Rahane hit the 31st half-century of his IPL career in just 25 balls. He was dismissed after scoring 56 runs in 31 balls while Narine, the star cricketer of the West Indies, scored 44 runs with the help of five fours and three sixes.
After this, KKR's innings faltered and they lost wickets in bunches. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 30, Venkatesh Iyer scored six, Andre Russell scored four, and Harshit Rana scored five runs. At the same time, Ramandeep Singh remained unbeaten after scoring six and Spencer Johnson scored one run. For RCB, Krunal Pandya took three wickets while Josh Hazlewood took two wickets. Apart from this, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam, and Suyash Sharma got one success each.
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