Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli's wife Anushka Sharma tried to control her laughter as the former celebrated wildly after Punjab Kings' Musheer Khan was ruled out via DRS in Qualifier 1 in Mullanpur on Thursday. A video of the same surfaced on social media as Kohli couldn't control his joy as DRS went RCB's way.
The dismissal occurred in the ninth over of the innings as Musheer came in as an impact player for the side and lasted only three deliveries without scoring anything. Musheer, the right-hander, tried to play a sweep shot against leg-spinner Suyash Sharma and was trapped lbw. With the umpire raising the finger, Musheer went for the review but ball-tracking returned three reds, ensuring that the youngster had to walk back.
Watch Kohli's and Anushka's expression here:
Virat Kohli dismissed by Kyle Jamieson for 12
With the pace trio of Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood doing an outstanding job to bowl out the Punjab Kings to 101, RCB started as firm favourites at the halfway mark. While Kohli started his innings with a boundary by playing a picture perfect pull shot, his innings didn't last long as Kyle Jamieson drew a nick through to the keeper.
The toss in Mullanpur went the returning Rajat Patidar's way and RCB opted to field first in the Qualifier 1. Both sides made one change to the their playing XI, with RCB bringing in Josh Hazlewood for Nuwan Thushara. Tim David still remains on the sidelines due to the hamstring injury.
Punjab Kings had to make a forced change, drafting in Azmatullah Omarazi for Marco Jansen, while Yuzvendra Chahal is still nursing a finger injury.
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.
