Virat Kohli was at his best on Sunday night as he along with Faf du Plessis dished out a chasing master-class with a 148-run opening partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore outplayed Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2023 campaign opener. RCB won the game at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru by 8 wickets.

Fans lauded Kohli for his knock –

As King kohli made it a cakewalk for RCB in the second innings of the game, fans could not keep calm and lauded him for his knock, some also compared his form to that in the 2016 edition of IPL in which Kohli had scored a record 973 runs.

This Version of Kohli >>> 2016 💥🛐 pic.twitter.com/gVFIzzVrdr

— 𝕸𝜶𝖌𝖊𝖘𝖍_Vj ᵃᵏᵃ ᵛⁱʳᵃᵗⁱᵃⁿ ᶠᵒʳᵉᵛᵉʳ (@TheDestroyer181) April 2, 2023

The chase master is back at the Chinnaswamy.
50th fifty+ score in IPL for Virat Kohli ❤️🐐 pic.twitter.com/n5sMbZ5PKZ

— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) April 2, 2023

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Yes!!

Kohli landed in 2016 again👺 pic.twitter.com/X6pEyTlbyz

— Sʜᴀᴋ♡ (@SHAK_VIRAT18) April 2, 2023

As King kohli made it a cakewalk for RCB in the second innings of the game, fans could not keep calm and lauded him for his knock, some also compared his form to that in the 2016 edition of IPL in which Kohli had scored a record 973 runs.

Kohli said after the match –

“Phenomenal win. Homecoming after so many years. Credit to their batters for getting to that score. Tilak (Varma) batted well. We kept backing ourselves. Faf went first, and I joined later. I am very happy with how things went today.”