Watch: How Bishnoi masterfully set up Kohli and foiled his plan in RCB-LSG tie Cricket
Nicely in form of Virat Kohli dominated the fast bowlers in IPL 2023He has equally struggled against the spinners. This has been the reason why he slowed down in the middle overs due to the opposition usually deploying spinners during that stage of the match. However, Lucknow Supergiants had other plans on Monday. On a slow pitch, they went ahead with spin first against the RCB opening pair and though they managed to counter the variety in the powerplay, Kohli eventually fell to a leg-spinner. But the talking point of that dismissal was the way young Ravi Bishnoi stood up to Kohli. ,lsg vs rcb live score, ipl 2023,
India legend Zaheer Khan in a conversation with JioCinemas revealed that Kohli has used the strategy of stepping in against the spinners during IPL 2023 to deny himself the pressure of not getting those boundaries and harassing the bowler Can go
However, Bishnoi played masterfully by denying Kohli any chance to get out of the crease. He pushed it back deep inside the crease, turning down the leg side in the five balls he bowled before dismissing a wicket ball that was placed well outside off. The length was similar but the width urged Kohli to get out and go for a wild swing. However, the ball went out from under his bat and the rest was dismissed by wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran. Kohli scored 31 runs in 30 balls and hit only three fours.
It was an innings powered by the LSG bowlers. Kohli and Faf du Plessis shared a 62-run partnership before the former departed and the next four batsmen didn’t manage to make an impact on the scoreboard with Glenn Maxwell as well. Faf also failed to move forward as he stuck around to play the anchor knock. Dinesh Karthik was trying to add some aggression to RCB’s faltering innings after the rain delay, but he too departed after a few boundaries and RCB were eventually reduced to 126 for nine.
