'Virat Kohli played 59 balls to reach 83 and Kolkata scored...': Aakash Chopra's dig at RCB after KKR loss

Former India opener Aakash Chopra took a cheeky dig as he put numbers into context to highlight where Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost the IPL 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday..

Chopra compared Virat Kohli's innings to Kolkata's powerplay onslaught in the match where the visitors won by seven wickets in the chase of 186, with 19 balls to spare.I)..

He did find himself in the midst of a 65-run second-wicket stand and a 42-run third wicket stand with Australia's Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell, but the efforts were not enough as KKR's slower-delivery ploy helped then restrict RCB to 186 for six..

Sunil Narine and Phil Salt then got KKR off to a flier at the Chinnaswamy, before Venkatesh Iyer added to RCB bowlers' woes with a fifty as they scripted a seven-wicket win..

Speaking on the match on his YouTube channel, Aakash highlighted that Narine and Salt's powerplay onslaught of 85 runs in 36 balls hand single-handedly overshadowed Kohli's efforts..

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