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  • Virat Kohli Get Trolled After Six-wicket Loss to SRH in IPL 2020 Eliminator : #ThankYouKohli Trends as RCB,

    Yet another year of IPL, and yet again a disappointment for Royal Challengers Bangalore fans as Virat Kohli’s RCB crash out of IPL 2020 without a sniff at the IPL title. What’s more hurting this season for RCB will be the fact that they started well with seven wins of their first ten games, but lost their last five that saw them from being strong contenders to finish in top two, to just scraping through to playoffs, finishing fourth and eventually losing the Eliminator in a facile manner. This was their fifth straight loss and with the famed batting line-up managing a score beyond 150 only once in those matches.

    While Kohli and RCB fans thanked the team and the skipper for their effort, but critics and social media warriors who never miss out on any opportunity to throw dirt at anybody, were at it and started to trend #ThankyouKohli, mocking the Indian skipper and his team. For the record, Kohli opened the innings in the Eliminator but was caught behind down the leg for 6 and while most critics and trollers targetted Kohli’s lack of runs in key games, the fact of the matter is, Kohli, despite having an average run with the bat this season ends IPL 2020 as the second-highest run-getter of RCB only behind Devdutt Padkikkal with 466 runs in 15 matches at 42.36 and a strike-rate of 121.35.

  • Jos Butler’s stormy innings gives Rajasthan victory

    The innings expected of Jos Butler to Rajasthan Royals in IPL-13 (IPL 2020) was seen against Chennai Super Kings at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Monday. Chasing a small target of 126 runs, Rajasthan had lost three wickets for 28 runs and it was difficult to bat on the wicket. Butler led the team to victory with a 98-run partnership with captain Steve Smith. Butler smashed an unbeaten 70 off 48 balls and was adjudged Man of the Match for the innings. After the match Butler said, “We lost some matches, so it was good to win this match.” I was trying to come up with energy in my batting which I felt was not there in the last match. I felt more comfortable at the crease. It is a great feeling. Butler said, in T20 cricket you can curse yourself for bad form because you don’t get a chance to play more balls, but you have to trust yourself. Butler usually bat open. He also played in the opening matches this season as an opener, but has come in the middle order since the arrival of Ben Stokes. Butler said, if we win then it is good. I am happy to bat where the team wants.