KKR vs RCB | Twitter bemused on witnessing Hazlewood swapped with Kohli in bizarre scoreboard glitch
The pressure of a mega-event can often disbalance the mental setup and lead to mismanaged work. The opening ceremony of the 2025 Indian Premier League was equally a big event in the context of the tournament and the operations guys at the venue seemed to have erred the scoreboard at the start.
Winning the first toss in his first-ever IPL assignment as a captain, the toss favored Rajat Patidar after a grand opening ceremony in the bonanza event. As KKR continued with the anticipated opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine in their curtain raiser, they kicked off with a four in the first over as the former cut through the gates via the square of the wicket on the off side, before RCB earned a redeemed a dropped catch.
Following a boundary on the second ball of the opening over, de Kock crunched a length ball outside the off stump through point for a four. Subsequently, Suyash Sharma running in from square leg dropped a sitter before Hazlewood redeemed the botch with the southpaw’s scalp on the immediate next ball. Despite the action-packed first over in the match, the attention shifted to the scoreboard glitch that showed Virat Kohli bowling instead of Hazlewood, sparking a Twitterverse buzz.
Kohli is bowling...
— david Miller (@MillerDavi20894) March 22, 2025
Please answer
@JioHotstar @IPL Did Hazelwood secretly become Kohli? The scorecard seems to think so!#KKRvsRCB #Kohli
— VK18❁ (@urstrulyvamshee) March 22, 2025
LOL
abey scorecard pe kohli rakh diya pheli over pe wah 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/5hQmaAVfo4
— parth (@bananashakegain) March 22, 2025
Interesting
IPL 2025 SCORECARD GRAPHICS. #KKRvsRCB #RCBvsKKR #RCBvKKR#KKRvRCB #IPL #IPL2025 #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/aWhDyy7OvU
— kuldeep singh (@kuldeep0745) March 22, 2025
WTH?
wtf is this scorecard?
— Vypinkaaran Tarkovsky 🇵🇸 (@bettercallsree) March 22, 2025
New one
This New Ipl Scorecard Graphics looks Very good
— A (@Chavi_Era) March 22, 2025
Bad?
Kitna ganda scorecard graphic hai yaar #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/mnXOTCirmK
— diveshchaudh@ry (@diveshchaudhry8) March 22, 2025
Don't know
I dunno first over is being bowled by kohli @JioHotstar
— jaga's பதாகை 🌟 (@Jaga_vs_) March 22, 2025
But why he is very tall and feels australian 🌝??
Gomtha enna da scorecard idhu pic.twitter.com/5JEwnscJqa
LOL
Kohli opening the bowling for RCB in the #KKRvsRCB opener 🫨
— Vinay Kumar Dokania (@VinayDokania) March 22, 2025
Thats some scorecard for #TATAIPL2025 pic.twitter.com/neO4wHQNYh
Crazy
Scorecard showing KOHLI bowling for first 5 Balls #KKRvRCB #KKRvsRCB 😃 https://t.co/cKpzc9c8Pa
— aniRRRudh (@Anirudh0812) March 22, 2025