{"id":316518,"date":"2022-04-30T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T12:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apnlive.com\/?p=316518"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T06:57:18","slug":"virat-kohli-first-half-century-ipl-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/virat-kohli-first-half-century-ipl-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli scores his first half-century after 8 matches of IPL 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Former RCB skipper Virat Kohli, who had been struggling to bat since November 2019 and the current season of the IPL, on Saturday, scored his first half-century against the Gujarat Titans at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kohli scored 58 runs on 53 balls and his fifty comes after 8 matches of the IPL 2022 which included two golden ducks and a knock of 48 runs. Before this game, Kohli had recorded scores of 0,0 and 9 but the batter showed his class against the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gujarat Titans pacer Mohammad Shami dismissed Kohli in the 17th over of the inning. At the time of Kohli’s dismissal, the RCB were 136 for three after 17 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media erupted after Kohli reached his half-century, fans and cricket experts started praising the former India skipper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, his poor show in IPL 2022 has triggered the chief selector to take some tough calls and be excluded from India\u2019s upcoming South Africa and Ireland T20I Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n