In the high-voltage faceoff between defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB), there were some intense moments between players of two opponents teams. MI all-rounder Hardik Pandya and RCB all-rounder Chris Morris exchanged some words in the last stage of the match whereas RCB skipper Virat Kohli and MI batsman Suryakumar Yadav also had one tense moment between them.
The Virat Kohli reaction against Suryakumar Yadav that went viral
In yesterday’s match, RCB skipper Virat Kohli collected the ball smashed by Yadav while fielding one the final ball of 13th over and he started walking towards the batsman by staring at him. Yadav also stared back to Kohli continually before walking out of the incident. As Surya Kumar played match-winning knock to help his team to win this match, MI social media admin posted a pic of both Virat and Yadav staring each other with a caption reads, “He came. He saw stared. He conquered” to take a dig at India skipper.
As its Virat Kohli, one of the most popular players in the world and captain of the Indian team was the part the faceoff, these things set IPL stage on fire. Also, this incident happened after Indian cricket team selectors didn’t include Yadav in Kohli-led Indian team squad yesterday. So this incident was trending on social media.
☀️ He came
? He s̶a̶w̶ stared
?? He conquered#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #MI #Dream11IPL #MIvRCB @surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/1D8oq3Tkp4— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 29, 2020
Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore and Virat Kohli reacted
In the same match, Surya Kumar Yadav smashed unbeaten knock of 79 runs off just 43 balls to help his team to win the game after Royal Challengers Bangalore set the target of 165 runs by brilliant batting display by young openers Devdutt Padikkal and Joshua Philippe.
Padikkal smacked 74 runs off just 45 balls comprising with 12 fours and one six. Wicket-keeper batsman Joshua Philippe scored 33 runs off 24 balls comprising with four boundaries and one six. MI pacer Jasprit Bumrah bagged three wickets to stop RCB at an ordinary total of 164 runs from 20 overs. From RCB, pacer Mohammed Siraj and leggie Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets each.
Playoffs scenarios, Mumbai are on top of the table and going through
As five teams out of eight can reach to 16 points in IPL points-table in this season, good net run-rate can help some teams to qualify for playoffs. Mumbai Indians reached to 16 points after this win over RCB. Their net run rate is best among all teams, so they nearly qualified for playoffs of IPL 2020.
However, both teams are on the verge of qualification. It is quite close at the top, with a lot of teams looking to go through to the next round. Every team wants to push for a top place. Let’s see what happens in the upcoming games. Only time will tell.
For now, the fans were hoping to push Suryakumar Yadav into the Indian team for the Australian tour. Even Ravi Shastri reacted and said that the attacking batsman needs to wait for his chance. He further appreciated his skills and his patience. Let’s see what happens now.
