Indian and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli, 36, showcased his fitness level in the IPL 2025 game against the Punjab Kings at the Mullanpur Stadium on Sunday. With Mullanpur experiening above 30 degrees in the afternoon game, Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal ran four runs early in the innings as a video of the same surfaced on social media.
The incident came in the third over of the innings bowled by left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh as Padikkal nudged the ball to deep mid-wicket with pristine timing. Although the fielder at the deep ran and pulled the ball away from going to the boundary, he couldn't throw the ball to the keeper in time. As a result, the two batters completed four runs by running.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru restrict the Punjab Kings to 157
After winning the toss in Mullanpur, Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar opted to bowl first, reasoning that he doesn't expect the pitch to change too much. Although openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya raced to 42 off 4.1 overs, they kept losing wickets in regular intervals thereafter. Prabhsimran top-scored with 33, while Shashank Singh chipped in with 31 towards the end. For RCB, Krunal Pandya was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4-0-25-2.
PBKS playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
RCB playing XI: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
