In the 27th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Punjab Kings (PBKS) faced Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) where RCB managed to bag a 24-run win at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in M✨ohali on Thursday.
The contest saw dominance from Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Mohammed Siraj in their respective departments. While Kohli an༺d Du Plessis shined with the bat, Siraj sizzled with outstanding bowling performance that also helped him grab t🌊he Player of the Match award.
After the match, as per the tradition of the cash-rich league, players and members from both teams met and greeted each other. However, the eye-catching moment was the meeting of Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and other RCB players with PBKS co-owner Preity Zinta.
Preity Zinta with Kohli & Faf.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Glenn Maxwell a🗹nd Faf Du Plessis with Pre🦋ity Zinta.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Here is how netizens reacted:
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Half of zinta madam's time in IPL goes in meeting ex- Punjab players.
— ▲ (@CaughtAtGully)
Me and the Bois asking silly questions🐻, with bio ma🦂m:
— Professor Chaos (@RakeshGs20)
Both try🅰ing to figure out ki Maxi consistently kaise perform karta hai😭
— Harsh Rami (@RamiHarsh10)
— i (@KGFRockyBhai)
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Bro scammed her moneyꦬ and still having a chat wཧith her 😭
— 𝙣 𝙚 𝙨 𝙝꧂ (@mid_619)
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Someone : Iss Virat Ka Kuch Karna Padega
— 𝙏𝙃𝙀 ��𝘽 �⭕�𝙐𝙍𝘼𝙅 🚩🦁🌎 (@🐈THEMBSURAJ)
Shikhar dhawan
— Denver🖤 (@BlackHoonDilSe)
Bhai main bhi khada hu yaha.
— VICKY (@iamonlySG)
Notably, it was Kohli, who led the teไam in the contest against Punjab and Du Plessis came in as an impact player as the latter was not completely fit due to his rib injury.
“The table can’t define your team. It’s towards game 13 or 14 we can try and focus on what we need to do. Faf batted really well on that pitch. His innings ensured we had that 20-30 extra at the end. The strategy was to bat deep to have a crack at 190. Told them (the bowlers) that the target was more than enough. Cannot afford to take the game deep, especially when they lost 6-7 wickets,” said Kohli at the post-match presentation.
