Aakash Chopra says “Virat Kohli was in beast mode” in the IPL 2021

As such, Aakash Chopra has highlighted that Virat Kohli brought the forceful aspect of his game to the fore at the start of the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) innings against the Mumbai Indians (MI).

Therefore, Kohli’s 51-run knock helped RCB set a target of 166 for MI night’s IPL 2021 experience. The Bangalore bowlers at that point bowled out the Rohit Sharma-led side for 111 runs to frolic home by 54 runs.

Whereas checking on RCB’s batting performance in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra pointed out that their captain was in a different mood.

Virat Kohli

“Virat Kohli came with some other attitude, he started hitting right from the first over. Who opens his account with a six like that. It was almost a catch but went for a six. In the second over, he went after Bumrah although the latter had dismissed Devdutt Padikkal. But when Kohli gets the strike, he was going in beast mode.” he said

The cricketer-turned-commentator included that the RCB innings wound a small after the powerplay overs.

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“When Padikkal got out, there was a good partnership between Bharat and Kohli, it was destructive. But the moment the powerplay got over, everything starts changing. Kohli starts like a bullet train but slows down suddenly, just like we saw in Sharjah. Bharat got out playing a big shot.” Chopra explained

However, Kohli and Srikar Bharat stitched together a 68-run organization for the second wicket in fair seven overs after the early dismissal of Devdutt Padikkal.

“Maxwell comes and he was not able to strike the ball initially. You feel the things might change but then Maxwell’s bat starts talking. He was very very good, the left-handed Maxwell might have scored more runs than the right-handed one, he was hitting sixes while playing reverse sweeps and switch hits.” He observed

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