‘This is my floor’: Virat Kohli recreates Kantara scene to tease KL Rahul after RCB’s triumph in Delhi | Cricket News – The Times of India

Virat Kohli on Sunday took a cheeky jibe at KL Rahul by recreating his “this is my ground” Kantara celebration after Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) six-wicket win in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC) on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
It was the celebration KL Rahul pulled off earlier this month on the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru when he scored an unbeaten 93 off 53 balls to information Delhi to victory over RCB.

During the publish-match celebration in Delhi, Virat Kohli approached KL Rahul, who was speaking to his Karnataka teammates Karun Nair and Devdutt Padikkal, and tried to do the Kantara celebration.

However, KL then pointed him in the direction of the pitch and requested him to do it there, and the duo burst into laughter.
After his celebration in Bengaluru, Rahul had mentioned: “This is a special place for me. That celebration was from one of my favourite movies, Kantara. So, yeah, just a tiny reminder that this ground, this turf, this home is where I have grown up, and that this is mine.”
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In the match, Krunal Pandya blasted a 47-ball 73 not out as RCB defeated DC by six wickets. Put in to bat, KL Rahul prime-scored with a 39-ball 41, however DC misplaced wickets at common intervals earlier than Tristan Stubbs’ 18-ball 34 lifted them to a aggressive complete of 162 for 8.

RCB then chased down the goal in 18.3 overs with Pandya (73 not out) and Virat Kohli (51) making contrasting fifties. Tim David smashed a 5-ball 19 not out and knocked off the profitable runs.
For DC, Axar Patel (2/19) snapped two wickets. Earlier, Bhuveshwar Kumar (3/33) and Josh Hazlewood (2/36) snapped three and two wickets respectively, whereas Krunal Pandya (1/28) and Yash Dayal (1/42) accounted for one wicket every to prohibit DC.