Virat Kohli determines Hardik Pandya's error during MI vs RCB collision, RCB Star says 'We knew once the spinner is out ...' | Mint

The replacement of Vignesh Puthur in 16th place may have returned for Mumbai -Indians, Virat Kohli felt after the royal challengers Bengaluru (RCB) placed in 20 overs on Monday 221/5 during their IPL 2025 match at the shank stage. After losing Phil Salt on the second ball of the innings, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal revived the RCB in a 91 run of just 52 balls for the second wicket. However, it was Vignesh Puthur that broke the yard with the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal. Interestingly, the Kerala spinner granted ten runs and never got another chance to roll his fingers. The other four RCB wickets were shared by Trent Boult and Hardik Pandya. While Vignesh Puthur conceded ten runs in his ear, other spinners Will Jacks and Mitchell Santner also had an economy of 10. Only Jasprit Bumrah (7.20) had a better economy above all in the game. For the record, the spinners in Mumbai conceded five four and three sixes out of 18 and 13. With Vignesh Puthur going out in 15th place, Hardik Pandya kept trusting in his Pacer in the last five overs, something that helped RCB, according to Virat Kohli. “One of their spinners was out of the game. It was difficult for the Chinaman to bowl. It gave us 20-25 runs, ‘says Virat Kohli, who contributed with 67 out of 42 balls. “What happened to wickets that didn’t fall was one of their spinners out of the game, and it played an important factor for us because we knew the spinner was out of the game, and the rapid bowler with shorter boundaries would find it difficult,” the RCB batter added. Virat Kohli reached a major milestone earlier, Virat Kohli became the first Indian to complete 13,000 runs in T20 cricket. He reached the landmark with his second half-century in this IPL season to be battered only the fifth that achieved 13,000 runs overall in the shortest format of the game. Chris Gayle leads the list of the highest running equipment in T20 cricket with 14,562 in 463 games, followed by Alex Hales in second place with 13.610 runs, Shoaib Malik in third place with 13,557 runs in 555 games and Kieron Pollard on the fourth position with 13.537 runs in 695 games. Stay up to date with all the actions from the IPL 2025. Look at the IPL 2025 schedule, follow the latest IPL 2025 points table and follow the top performers with the orange cap and purple cap.