IPL 2024 | Twitter reacts to Rossouw's redemption as King Kohli falls short of a century
Opportunities don’t come knocking at the door again and again but it was a rare case when Rilee Rossouw got a second chance in Dharamsala on Thursday. Despite dropping Virat Kohli on ten, the Proteas ended up redeeming himself with a great catch as the Indian star fell short of a ton by eight runs.
Despite incurring early setbacks in the powerplay, a 66-run third-wicket stand between Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar stabilized the ship before the former accelerated following a rain interruption. A four and a six off Arshdeep Singh in the 18th over steered Kohli past the nineties before Rossouw redeemed himself for dropping the 35-year-old while he was on ten.
On the fourth ball of the 18th over, Arshdeep Singh came over the wicket and bowled a low full-toss wide outside the stumps. Kohli tried to stretch at it and flay it towards the off side but ended up generating less power. Eventually, the ball traveled towards deep point where Rossouw leaned forward to grasp the ball firmly, thereby leaving Kohli short of a second century in the season by eight runs. While the Twitterverse applauded the mastermind knock from the former RCB leader, they also exploded on Rossouw holding onto the second chance.
What was that catch? LOL xD xD
— Yashji (@Yashji554997) May 9, 2024
Oh gos no! xD xD
Dropped on 0 , Dropped on 10, caught on 92.#RCBvsPBKS #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/zptopljZMk
— Rehman Khalid (@iamanevilprince) May 9, 2024
What?
100 Kar Deta To Selfish Hojata🗿#IPL #ViratKohli #PBKSvsRCB pic.twitter.com/ol08t3jzxd
— Real PuKaR (@hi_ashhhh_) May 9, 2024
What a shot it was!
No Virat Kohli fans will pass without liking this post 👑#ViratKohli#kingkohli pic.twitter.com/E8qWPwPNO2
— 5iiiuu7 (@5iiiuu7) May 9, 2024
King!
Bow down to the Greatest Of All Time 👑#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/GxpALUsxSQ
— CHARON (@immcharon) May 9, 2024
What a tough man on earth!
Virat Kohli in this IPL 2024:
— Kohli lover 👑 🐐 (@mncmrm004) May 9, 2024
21(20), 77(49), 83*(59), 22(16), 113*(72), 3(9), 42(20), 18(7), 51(43), 70*(44), 42(27) & 92(47).
God of consistency🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/YgoaF5cEGF
Yesss!!!!
How many times did you watch this..?
— RG🌶️ (@GR_DHFM2) May 9, 2024
Me: YES#RCBvPBKS #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/893rlDB32Z
What a shot!
Elegant shot played by King Kohli #ViratKohli #PBKSvsRCB #TATAIPL2024 https://t.co/Veo2MNh9XC
— Pankaj Tripathi (@pankajtripath22) May 9, 2024
Mandir jaana padega!
#RCBvsPBKS
— Pulkit (@PulkitK107) May 9, 2024
KL Rahul after seeing Virat Kohli's strike rate today :- pic.twitter.com/Uga7pZ4usn
That's Virat Kohli for you!
I agree with you bhai! He can bring cup for India 🇮🇳 🏆
— Dilbag Koundal ਦਿਲਬਾਗ ਕੌਂਡਲ 🇮🇳 (@dilbag_koundal) May 9, 2024
The Goat 🐐 #ViratKohli𓃵 #PBKSvRCB #TataIPL2024 #IPL2024 #RCBvsPBKS #PBKSvsRCB pic.twitter.com/g1yWfFk6R9