Watch: Virat Kohli smashes six and four after taking a blow to the helmet from Pathirana

Virat Kohli, known for his outstanding batting skills and fearless nature, always lets his bat do the talking. He did the same in the CSK vs RCB game when Pathirana bowled a bouncer that struck his helmet. In response, Kohli smashed a six and a four on the next two balls.

Watch: Virat Kohli smashes six and four after taking a blow to the helmet from Pathirana

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In the 11th over of the match, Maheesha Pathirana bowled a bouncer that went hard to Virat Kohli on his helmet as he missed the pull shot. On the second ball, Pathirana tried the same ball, but this time, Virat hooks it over the fine leg boundary for a six. He flicked the next ball of the over to midwicket for a four, responding strongly to the first ball bowled by the pacer.

CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to bowl first in the highly anticipated match against RCB at Chepauk. RCB named Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the playing XI, and Pathirana replaces Ellis in the CSK XI. 

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli come out to open for RCB, and they continue the first match momentum with a strong start. However, in the fifth over, Noor Ahmad’s great ball and MS Dhoni‘s stumping send Phil Salt to the pavilion after scoring 32 runs off 16 balls. Then, Devdutt Padikkal joins Virat in the middle; he batted with a strong intent and scored 27 runs off 14 balls before getting out to Ravichandran Ashwin. On the other hand, Virat struggled to find the momentum, and he also lost his wicket on 31 runs off 30 balls to Noor. At the time of writing, captain Rajat Patidar and Liam Livingstone are batting well in the middle overs.

CSK vs RCB: Both team’s playing XI

CSK: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni †, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed

RCB: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma †, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal