It was a showdown that fans had been anticipating, and it was delivered in the most unlikely of ways. The match between Yuzvendra Chahal and Virat Kohli grabbed centre stage as Royal Challengers Bangalore prepared to face Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday and it was the former RCB bowler who emerged triumphant, dismissing the former RCB skipper.

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Chahal’s delivery went off David Willey’s pads to the leg-side in the ninth over of the game. Kohli went off quickly, sensing an easy single, but Willey was uninterested. Meanwhile, RR’s wicket-keeper captain, Sanju Samson, responded fast by racing to his right, collecting the ball, and throwing off-balance to Chahal at the non-striker’s end. Kohli was well down the track and attempted to make a comeback, but fell just centimetres short. Chahal successfully removed the bails, but the umpire referred it upstairs.

Kohli’s bat was on the line, according to the video replay. The former RCB skipper walked back with a score of 5 off 6 as RCB went three down in the ninth over while chasing a target of 170.

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Chahal faced RCB for the first time after eight seasons with the franchise, during which he made 113 IPL appearances. Despite being the best wicket-taker for RCB in IPL, he was not retained by the club before the commencement of IPL 2022 and was eventually signed by Rajasthan Royals for INR 6.5 crore in the February mega auction.

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The match was won by RCB by four wickets, thanks to some crisp hitting from Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed.

Earlier in the game, Rajasthan finished with 169 for three in 20 overs because of Jos Buttler‘s unbeaten 70 and Shimron Hetmyer’s unbeaten 42.