Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a heart-breaking defeat of their IPL 2023 face-off in opposition to the Lucknow Tremendous Giants on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Regardless of scoring 212 runs with every of their prime three batters together with Virat Kohli scoring half-centuries (61 off 41), their bowlers did not defend that whole regardless of getting off to a very good begin.
Ultimately, Bangalore misplaced the match on the final ball by 1 wicket. Nicholas Pooran (62 off 19) and Marcus Stoinis (65 off 30) scored blistering half-centuries for the guests who finally needed to rely upon a ‘bye’ on the ultimate ball to finish up on the successful facet.
Hours after a tricky defeat although, Kohli discovered a technique to overcome the consequence and loosen up a bit earlier than specializing in the journey forward. The previous Bangalore skipper was noticed by the pool alongside along with his daughter Vamika. He shared an lovable poolside pic along with her which has gone viral on the web.
He accompanied the image with a coronary heart emoji.
Right here is Kohli’s publish:
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 11, 2023
In the meantime, Bangalore’s defeat to Lucknow means they’ve now misplaced two of their first three matches and consequently discover themselves on the seventh place on the factors desk. Whereas they began off with a win over Mumbai Indians, they’ve now misplaced in back-to-back matches in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow.
Their subsequent match shall be a afternoon sport on the approaching Saturday at their dwelling floor in opposition to Delhi Capitals who have not but registered a win this season. With their common captain Rishabh Pant not with them this season, David Warner is main the Delhi franchise and has been on the receiving finish of criticism for his strike fee though he has been amongst runs.
Delhi have a sport earlier than that Bangalore match in addition to they tackle Mumbai Indians on the Arun Jaitley Stadium afterward Saturday.