SRH vs RCB: Virat Kohli bags his third golden duck of IPL 2022
India Today
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has struggled to perform in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli, on Sunday, May 8, bagged his third golden duck in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The right-hander failed to open his account in RCB’s match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The 33-year-old Kohli hasn’t been in the greatest of form in the 2022 edition of the T20 tournament. In 12 matches, the Delhi-born batter has notched 216 runs at an average of 19.63 and a strike rate of 111.34. Earlier in the tournament, the veteran also bagged back-to-back golden ducks.
Although he scored a half-century against the Gujarat Titans (GT), the knock came in a losing cause. Kohli was also greeted with criticism for his indifferent strike rate in the encounter. Even in RCB’s previous match against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Kohli scored 30 at less than a run-a-ball.
Prior to the game, Kohli was one run short of becoming the first batter in the history of the IPL to rack up 6500 runs. But that wasn’t the case as left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith got rid of him after the Challengers opted to bat first.
Suchith, who replaced leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal in the SRH playing XI, bowled on the leg-stump and Kohli gave a simple catch to Kane Williamson at short mid-wicket. It also happened to be Kohli’s sixth golden duck in the IPL.
Kohli is also the all-time leading run-scorer in the history of the IPL. He also holds the record for the most runs in a single edition when he scored four centuries back in 2016. The Challengers finished as the runners-up that season after losing to the Sunrisers in the final at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
