Rajat Patidar sent Hardik’s ball straight to the stands, King Kohli’s reaction went viral

The 25th match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium. In the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore, batting first, scored 196 runs on the board. In response, Mumbai Indians chased the target with 27 balls remaining and registered a spectacular victory by 7 wickets.

Rajat Patidar played a brilliant innings for the team, giving RCB a comeback from the early setbacks against Mumbai Indians. During the innings, Rajat Patidar hit a brilliant six against Hardik Pandya, which is currently gaining a lot of headlines on social media.

Rajat Patidar hit a brilliant six towards long-on

The 10th over of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s innings was bowled by Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya. Only 4 runs were scored in the first four balls of the over, after which Rajat Patidar hit a brilliant six towards long-on on the fifth ball of the over, the ball fell straight into the stands between the fans. Virat Kohli was very impressed with this shot of Rajat Patidar. His reaction is now going viral on social media.

Rajat Patidar hit back to back brilliant sixes on the first two balls of the 12th over of the innings bowled by Gerald Coetzee. He also completed his half-century in just 25 balls. But he lost his wicket while trying to hit a big shot on the very next ball. Rajat Patidar played an inning of 50 runs in 26 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face fourth consecutive defeat

RCB had given a target of 197 runs to Mumbai Indians due to the brilliant innings of Faf du Plessis (61), Dinesh Karthik (53*) and Rajat Patidar (50). But the team’s bowling was once again disappointing. While chasing the target, there was a partnership of 101 runs for the first wicket between Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan.

Ishan Kishan played an inning of 69 runs in 34 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes. Surya showed his magic and scored 52 runs in 19 balls. Unbeaten innings of Hardik Pandya (21*) and Tilak Verma (16*) played a role in the victory. This is RCB’s fourth consecutive defeat in the season, the team is in 9th place with one win and 2 points from 6 matches.