IPL 2021: Why Virat Kohli is looking like trapped in the number game of 13 and 33 in this season?

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Birupaksh Kaundilya
Birupaksh Kaundilya is a student of Journalism - Mass Media. A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication and content writing. He is a...
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their IPL 2021 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. After having a slow and steady start RCB loses 3 wickets back to back and in the list of these three wickets, the first name is RB’s skipper Virat Kohli. There is also a very interesting number game is happening with Kohli. In the inauguration match of this season against Mumbai Indians Virat gone on the score of 33 in 29 deliveries with the help of four boundaries in the 13th over of the match. And again in this match against SRH run – machine Kohli gone in the 13th over of the match on the individual score of 33 with the help of four boundaries in 29 balls. So it is interesting to see that in the rest of the season how Virat Kohli overcomes this dangerous figure of 33 and 13.

However, A brilliant knock from the swashbuckling all-rounder on a tricky surface. Maxwell gets to his 7th IPL fifty off 38 balls. This is Maxwell’s first fifty since IPL 2017. And with the help of this inning RCB gets a respective total of 149.

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Meanwhile, The Virat Kohli-led RCB began their campaign with a morale-boosting win over defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at the same venue, SRH lost to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their tournament opener.

SRH made two changes with Jason Holder and Shahbaz Nadeem replacing Sandeep Sharma and Mohammad Nabi. For RCB, opener Devdutt Padikkal, who had tested positive for COVID-19 before the tournament, came in for Rajat Patidar.

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Birupaksh Kaundilya is a student of Journalism - Mass Media. A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication and content writing. He is a passionate blogger who understands the power of words. Birupaksh is currently working as an Journalist at Sports Digest and can be reached at [email protected]