Virat Kohli's Gesture For MS Dhoni After CSK's Loss Against RCB In IPL 2025 Breaks Internet

Virat Kohli's gesture for MS Dhoni after Royal Challengers Bengaluru's win over Chennai Super Kings has gone viral on social media.

Josh Hazlewood struck a couple of early blows after Rajat Patidar scored his first half-century as captain to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium after a gap of 17 years in Match 8 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Friday. RCB had defeated CSK at home in the inaugural edition in 2008 and since then suffered defeat every time they played the CSK den. On Friday, they came up with a fine all-round performance to beat CSK by 50 runs, handing the five-time champions their biggest defeat ever at Chepauk. At the end of the match, Virat Kohli hugged MS Dhoni and the moment has gone viral on social media. MOMENTS OF THE DAY.- The hug moments of Virat Kohli & MS Dhoni after the match. pic.twitter.com/TtsjDDYILR Virat Kohli hugging MS Dhoni.- A beautiful frame from the match.#ViratKohli𓃵 #CSKvsRCB #MSDhoni𓃵 pic.twitter.com/w3vY0MxOI3 VIRAT KOHLI & MS DHONI TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE MATCH#TATAIPL #tapmad #DontStopStreaming #CatchEveryMatch pic.twitter.com/fQWgh9l1rT

Patidar (51) capitalized on a couple of dropped chances when he was batting at 17 to hit some brilliant shots as he reached his half-century off 30 balls. He was out soon after and just when it looked like RCB would fall well short of the 200-run mark, Tim David hammered a hat-trick of sixes in the final over to pull them close to what looks like a par-score.

Most of the RCB batters got starts -- Phil Salt contributed 32 off 16 balls, Virat Kohli scored 31 off 30, Devdutt Padikkal struck 27 off 14 and Tim David remained unbeaten on 22 off eight balls in a fine cameo -- as RCB and CSK fought back each time the other was trying to take control of the proceedings.