Yuzvendra Chahal's Emotional Post For 'Bhaiya' Virat Kohli Goes Viral Amid Strike Rate Debate

Rajasthan Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took to social media on Sunday to share an emotional post about star India batter Virat Kohli. The two cricketers share a close bond from the time they played together for the Indian cricket team as well as IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru. RCB decided to not retain Chahal ahead of the 2021 season and he went on to join RR. Chahal posted a picture of himself with Kohli along with the caption - "You will always be my Virat bhaiya".

The post also came amid huge conversation regarding Kohli's strike rate despite him scoring a ton against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024.

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Meanwhile, Kohli reckoned that the Jaipur track was two-paced making strokeplay difficult but former India ODI skipper Ajay Jadeja felt that the manner in which the star batter batted, there seemed to be very little demons present in the 22-yard strip.

Kohli scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls with 12 fours and four sixes but RCB managed only 183/3 in 20 overs, a total that was surpassed by Rajasthan Royals with five balls to spare, courtesy Jos Buttler's 58-ball ton.

Jadeja, an astute cricket brain, felt that there seemed to be some discrepancy in what Kohli observed and how in general the pitch behaved during the entire duration of the game.

"He (Kohli) started out so well. He hit a couple of boundaries in the first few overs, and you knew you were watching something special tonight. The only surprising thing was him speaking about how the deliveries were not carrying through on this pitch, but the way he batted, we didn't see any shortcomings in the pitch," Jadeja, a 'Jio Cinema' IPL expert said.

After scoring his eighth IPL hundred, Kohli had said the