Virat Kohli: On Saturday, Bengaluru won the thrilling knockout match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings (RCB vs CSK) by 27 runs. With this victory, RCB has confirmed its place in the IPL 2024 playoffs. Bengaluru, which lost 7 out of the first 8 matches of the season, achieved this position by winning all its next 6 matches. After winning this match, former RCB captain and veteran batsman Virat Kohli has given a big statement.

Virat Kohli roared

After the win against Chennai Super Kings, Virat Kohli said that God always has a plan for you and you always need to work hard. Actually, Royal Challengers Bangalore has shared a video on social media, in which Virat says,

“God always has a plan. You just have to be honest about what you're doing and I think we were honest enough about our hard work and it paid off.”

RCB registered a spectacular win

In this do or die match, Chennai had to win to reach the playoffs. But Bengaluru had a condition along with victory. To be ahead in terms of run rate, they had to either win the match by 18 runs, or chase the target in 18.1 overs. Talking about the match, RCB, batting first, scored 218/5 runs in 20 overs, in response to which CSK could score only 191/7 runs in 20 overs.

Orange cap is in Virat Kohli's possession

The performance of 35 year old Virat Kohli has been excellent this season. He is the highest run-scorer in IPL 2024 and has captured the Orange Cap. Kohli has scored 708 runs in 14 matches at an excellent rate of 64.36 and an explosive strike rate of 155.60. During this period, he has scored 1 century and 5 half-centuries. Along with this, King Kohli is also the player who has hit the maximum number of sixes (37) this season.