IPL 2023, SRH vs RCB | Twitter reacts as vintage Virat Kohli shot leaves Faf du Plessis mesmerised

05/18/2023

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It is always a joyful sight for a cricket fan to see Virat Kohli play in full flow and produce some exhilarating shots along the way. However, the Indian ace batter moved a step further by inking a memorable moment playing one of his classical shots which also received praise from Faf du Plessis.

Chasing down a target of 187 in a game of high stakes against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Virat Kohli was in sublime touch since the start. He arranged an exhibition of some magnificent strokes and blasted a half-century to take RCB to a strong position. Amongst the vast array of shots he played, the one played by him over extra cover received a lot of limelight.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was bowling in the 15th over of the innings and he bowled a delivery outside off to the RCB batter. Kohli got forward to the delivery and offered the full face of the bat to the ball playing an aerial shot over extra cover. The stroke awarded him four runs but more important than that, he received a token of appreciation from Faf du Plessis at the other end.

The RCB skipper was awed witnessing such an incredible shot from the other end. Apart from du Plessis, Kohli was hailed by Netizens as well receiving a lot of praise for his act.

Iconic

pic.twitter.com/vjhRhHKh2j
— Junglee Russell (@JungleeRussell) May 18, 2023

Pretty sure everyone

Retweet How many of You enjoying Vintage Virat Shots ?🔥🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/ZemNr9PEfN
— V I P E R™ (@VIPERoffl) May 18, 2023

True

Virat has brought out some of the all-time classic shots from his vintage collection tonight.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 18, 2023

Vintage

The vintage Virat Kohli with iconic cover driveeee ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/5sX9gswUFo
— S. (@Sobuujj) May 18, 2023

Super

Vintage Virat Kohli 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PMh8ahXsRO
— Captain (@iEatCricket) May 18, 2023

Beauty

Vintage Virat
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) May 18, 2023

Clean

Vintage #king 😭😭❤❤

50 with a Boundary and Those clean Hitting of boundaries against Left arm spinners from #virat after a longtime ❤❤😭 #KingKohli #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/cMkMFEhjy4
— VINEETH𓃵 (@sololoveee) May 18, 2023

Just wow

We have seen Virat playing straight drive

We have seen Virat playing cover drive

We have seen Virat playing his fav flick shot

We are seeing the VINTAGE VIRAT KOHLI TODAY 💥💥💥💥💥💥🙌 pic.twitter.com/snUmOo5hDZ
— 𝑳𝑶𝑲𝑬𝑺𝑯🕺 (@LokeshGujju) May 18, 2023

Correct

Faf Du Plessis is everyone of us seeing Virat Kohli batting in his vintage version today..#SRHvsRCB pic.twitter.com/EQKNHtst4l
— Yash werewolf (@yashsayings) May 18, 2023

Phenomenal