{"id":13135,"date":"2026-05-27T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/watch-virat-kohli-marks-bowling-run-up-teases-fans-during-rcb-vs-gt-ipl-qualifier-1-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:11:02","slug":"watch-virat-kohli-marks-bowling-run-up-teases-fans-during-rcb-vs-gt-ipl-qualifier-1-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/watch-virat-kohli-marks-bowling-run-up-teases-fans-during-rcb-vs-gt-ipl-qualifier-1-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Virat Kohli marks bowling run-up, teases fans during RCB vs GT IPL Qualifier 1 | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131343284,imgsize-33784,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/virat-kohli-during-rcb-vs-gt-match-screengrabs.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Virat Kohli marks bowling run-up, teases fans during RCB vs GT IPL Qualifier 1\" title=\"Virat Kohli during RCB vs GT match (Screengrabs)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Virat Kohli during RCB vs GT match (Screengrabs)\">Virat Kohli during RCB vs GT match (Screengrabs)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into the IPL 2026 final with a massive 92-run win over Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 at Dharamshala. But apart from the big victory, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a>\u2019s funny on-field moment that grabbed fans\u2019 attention online.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>During the match, Kohli was seen holding the ball and marking his bowling run-up before handing it over to teammate Jacob Duffy. He then walked up to the umpire, collected his cap and shared a laugh, sparking speculation on social media that he might actually bowl. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Although Kohli never ended up bowling, the light-hearted moment quickly went viral among fans.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Watch:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>RCB made full use of Gujarat Titans\u2019 sloppy fielding performance to post a huge 254\/5 \u2014 the highest total ever recorded in IPL playoff history. Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajat-patidar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajat Patidar<\/a> led the charge with a stunning unbeaten 93 off just 39 balls, while GT struggled badly in the field with dropped catches, misfields and costly no-balls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Gujarat captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shubman Gill<\/a> admitted his side failed to handle pressure moments properly despite staying in the contest for a large part of the chase.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>\u201cI think we were going pretty well up until the 12th or 13th over. I don&#8217;t think our fielding was at par. We dropped a couple of catches, and our ground fielding was also not up to the mark,\u201d Gill said after the match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Chasing 255, Gujarat Titans were bowled out for 162 as RCB sealed their place in a second straight <!-- -->IPL<!-- --> final. Gill called it a match his team would prefer to forget quickly before their next challenge.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>\u201cThis is one of those games that we would like to forget and start over in Mohali,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/watch-virat-kohli-marks-bowling-run-up-teases-fans-during-rcb-vs-gt-ipl-qualifier-1\/articleshow\/131343191.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli during RCB vs GT match (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into the IPL 2026 final with a massive 92-run win over Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 at Dharamshala. But apart from the big victory, it was Virat Kohli\u2019s funny on-field moment that grabbed fans\u2019 attention online.During the match, Kohli was seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}