The 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) is half way through and the tournament has had several top performances in its fixtures so far. From the Faf du Plessis storm at M Chinnaswamy Stadium to the rough century of Venkatesh Iyer, there is no shortage of excitement in the competition. As the race for the Orange Cap gets exciting with every match, Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey believes that Royal Challengers Bangalore star Virat Kohli will end up as the highest scorer in IPL 2023. Pandey, who appeared on Star Sports to promote her movie ” Dream Girl 2″ ahead of the RCB-Kolkata Knight Riders game didn’t hesitate when asked to name her guess.
“I think… this time it will be (Virat) Kohli,” she told the experts.
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the coin toss and chose to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match here on Wednesday.
This is the third game in this IPL where Virat Kohli fills in for RCB regular skipper Faf du Plessis, who will only be available as a batter in this game.
KKR, who has lost four games on the trot, dropped Kulwant Khejroliya to turn on Vaibhav Arora with his right arm.
Teams: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj.
Kolkata Knight Riders: N Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy.
(with PTI inputs)
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