Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma decided to support her husband Virat Kohli at the last league match of the IPL 2023, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore played against Gujarat Titans. Kohli scored his seventh century in the Indian Premier League, lifting RCB to a remarkable score of 197 for 5.
Anushka was captured on camera at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, cheering on her husband during the game. After Kohli completed his century, the actress blew kisses to celebrate Kohli’s second successive hundred in IPL 2023.
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However, RCB was beaten by an impressive century by GT opener Shubman Gill, who scored 104 off 52 balls with eight sixes and five fours, leading his team to their tenth win in 14 games on Sunday.
“We wanted the momentum going and wanted to finish on a high. As a bowler, Gill doesn’t give you a chance. Other batters also get confidence from it. We would have taken 197 at the start. We should have bowled good balls,” Hardik Pandya, the skipper of GT, said during the post-match presentation.
GT all-rounder Hardik Pandya praised a ‘special innings’ from Kohli: “It was a special innings from Virat as well. I can’t ask for anything better. Last year, everything went our way. This year, we were expecting people to challenge us. A lot of credit goes to all the boys.”
Kohli ended his campaign in the IPL 2023 with 639 runs in 14 matches, clinching two hundreds and six fifties at an average of 53.25 and a strike-rate of 139.82. He now holds the record of scoring the most centuries in the history of IPL with his seventh ton, surpassing former RCB teammate Chris Gayle, who had six to his name.