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On Friday, March 29, in Bengaluru, RCB set a target of 183 runs for KKR, in which Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 83 runs in 59 balls. Narine and Salt added 86 runs in just 6.3 overs, helping the visitors register a massive win with 19 balls and seven wickets to spare.
While chasing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)’s target in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that Narine and Salt had finished the match by scoring as much as Kohli within the powerplay. Chopra said that, “When Sunil Narine opens, the template is very clear – ‘Either me or you will not be there.’
He plays like this, tries to hit sixes. Everyone knows that he has trouble with yorkers or bouncers. But if you don’t get success in it, like Bengaluru didn’t get success in the first six overs, it takes the match very much out of your control.”
He further said, “He was also accompanied by Phil Salt. Phil Salt gave away 18 runs in the very first over. He was fantastic. To put things in context, the opposition bowled well but Kohli took 59 balls to reach 83 and Kolkata had scored 85 runs in 5.5 overs. Be it Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj or Yash Dayal, everyone took a lot of beating.
Let us tell you that Narine scored 47 runs in just 22 balls, which included two fours and five sixes. Salt hit two fours and as many sixes in his innings of 30 runs in 20 balls. Both these batsmen made the match one-sided with their innings.
