Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) locked horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the Eden Gardens on Thursday (April 6) in match no. 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. KKR emerged victorious within the sport and defeated RCB by an enormous margin of 81 runs. The Kolkata-based franchise’s proprietor Shah Rukh Khan was additionally current on the venue to help his workforce within the conflict.

Requested to bat first, KKR failed to start out effectively and misplaced three of their batters with simply 47 runs on the board. Nevertheless, opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz stood agency on one finish and scored a superb half-century to assist his workforce make a comeback within the sport. In the meantime, Rinku Singh and Shardul Thakur additionally performed explosive knocks of 46 and 68 runs for his or her workforce, powering KKR to a mammoth whole of 204/7 of their 20 overs. Then again, David Willey and Karn Sharma picked up two wickets every for RCB.

In reply, RCB failed terribly within the run chase and managed to attain simply 123 runs in 17.4 overs. Just a few batters, together with Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Michael Bracewell and Willey, managed to get into double digits. The KKR bowlers had been on hearth as Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma scalped 4 and three wickets to dismantle the RCB line-up.

After the match, Virat was seen assembly Shah Rukh and dancing on his film’s well-liked tune ‘Jhoome Jo Pathaan’. Through the interplay, the previous RCB skipper additionally had a protracted chat with the Bollywood celebrity.

Right here’s the video:

See extra

#ViratKohli #KKRvsRCB #KKRvRCB
Shahrukh Khan meets Virat Kohli.

Two of one of the best from India! and each of them shaking legs for jhoome jho pathaan pic.twitter.com/PJncZL9tUK

— 👌⭐👑 (@superking1815) April 6, 2023

Later, Shahrukh went to acknowledge Shardul for his match-winning efficiency. Notably, Shardul was declared the ‘Participant of the Match’ for his excellent all-round present within the contest. Other than quickfire 68 runs, he additionally picked up a wicket in his two overs.