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Lucknow Super Giants pacer Prince Yadav dismissed Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting stalwart Virat Kohli with a peach of a delivery during their IPL match here, but the youngster does not want to play it up, saying that he was just happy that his team won.
In the second over of RCB’s run chase of 210, Prince Yadav produced a sensational delivery to bamboozle ‘King’ Kohli. The 140-kmph delivery nipped back in to crash into Kohli’s off stump. It marked Kohli’s first IPL duck since a first-ball dismissal against Rajasthan Royals in April 2023.
LSG, who had posted 209-3 courtesy Mitchell Marsh’s 111, went on to win by nine runs under the DLS method, stopping RCB at 203-6 in 19 overs. “I felt good after the [Kohli] wicket, but I am most happy that we won the match. If I had taken the wicket and we had lost, it wouldn’t have been so [good],” Prince, who took three wickets for just 33 runs, said at the post-match press conference.
“Whether it’s a different way or one way, when a bowler takes a wicket, it feels good. But as I said earlier, if the situation was such that we could have won the match only if we had taken the wicket, that’s what happened and I am feeling good.” Some commentators felt that Prince’s delivery to oust Kohli could be considered as one of the best in the tournament. Prince is having a breakout season with 16 wickets.
The 24-year-old said he learnt a lot from senior pacer Mohammed Shami about bowling with the new ball. “The best thing about him is that whenever a bowler is bowling, he stands mid-on or mid-off. So, if such an experienced player is standing with you, there is a different level of confidence,” he said.
2017
The year Virat Kohli was last dismissed for a duck while chasing in the IPL before Thursday’s LSG game
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