Gavaskar's brutal on-air dig at Virat Kohli over growing strike-rate concerns: 'It's just singles, singles and singles'

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Sunil Gavaskar was not pleased to see Virat Kohli going into a 'shell' after a solid start by RCB during their IPL 2024 contest against SRH on Thursday...

As Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday ended a six-game losing streak to return to winning ways in the IPL 2024, Kohli's knock of 51 from 43 balls held a lot of significance, but at the same time, it couldn't escape its fair share of criticism..

Kohli scorched four boundaries and a six to show his intent but once the field spread out and Rajat Patidar took over, Virat slowed down dramatically, scoring just 19 off his next 25 balls..

Kohli's 51 was special in some regards as well as he completed four consecutive IPL half-centuries in Hyderabad, but that he went without a boundary for nine overs, and RCB for four, raises huge concerns..

Thankfully, Cameron Green's 37 off 20, along with Patidar's blazing innings which saw him smoke Mayank Markande for four sixes in an over set the platform for RCB to score 206/7, a total that proved to be big enough as Sunrisers Hyderabad were kept to 171/8, going down by 35 runs..

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