Virat Kohli was trolled for his performance against Delhi Capitals. Image Credit: ANI
RCB vs DC, IPL 2026: The high-flying Royal Challengers Bengaluru, hosting the Delhi Capitals, got off to a great start in the first innings. However, Virat Kohli, playing his second game after suffering an ankle injury, could not capitalise on his start. The right-handed batter was dismissed by Lungi Ngidi in the sixth over. He managed to score only 19 runs in 13 balls, hitting three fours during his stay at the crease. Kohli was trolled by the fans for his knock, with social media users criticising the former RCB skipper for his low strike rate during the season.
Social media users started questioning whether the poor knock against the Delhi Capitals was the beginning of the downfall of the right-handed batter.
The RCB players took the field wearing green jerseys at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Fans were quick to take the stats of Virat Kohli while wearing green jerseys. The right-handed batter, apart from a century against the Gujarat Lions in 2016, has been a poor performer for RCB while wearing green kits.
A fan was quick to remark that the Delhi Capitals made a mistake by taking Virat Kohli’s wicket as he was playing for the opponent. With his low strike rate, the social media user made the remark that with Kohli at the crease, it would have helped the fielding side had he remained on the field for a longer duration.
Social media users did not mince their words when trolling the right-hander. One of the users claimed that Virat Kohli is a fraud and is being carried by his teammates.
With his short knock, fans commented on the fact that Kohli’s innings ended within a blink of an eye.
Fans even came out in support of Virat Kohli. One of the social media users appreciated Kohli for playing a selfless knock. The fan took to Twitter, said, “A great selfless inning from Virat Kohli comes to end, he was playing at 200 strike rate to give time to Phil Salt who was playing run a ball till 13th ball.”
On the same post, one of the fans talked about how these are just some ways to defend Kohli for his poor knock.
Virat Kohli has been one of the top-performing batters in the IPL 2026 season. The right-handed batter has scored 247 runs in six games, going at an average of 49.40. His strike rate has been 157.32 during the season. However, it is his strike rate in the last few games that has come under criticism. Against the Mumbai Indians, Kohli scored 50 runs in 38 balls in a game where RCB scored 240 runs. In the previous game, the right-handed batter scored 49 runs in 34 balls against LSG. Today, against DC, the 37-year-old scored only 19 runs in 13 balls.
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