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Bollywood star Anushka Sharma is all set to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, but before that she jetted off to Bengaluru to support husband Virat Kohli in the last league match of IPL 2023 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was a ‘must-win’ match for RCB and former skipper Kohli tried everything to take his team to victory by scoring a record seventh century in the Indian Premier League.
Anushka was in the stands to cheer Kohli on at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in Sunday night’s rain-delayed clash. After Kohli completed his century, Anushka was caught on camera kissing her husband to celebrate his second consecutive ton in IPL 2023.
Watch Anushka Sharma kissing Virat Kohli after scoring a century against GT here…
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Back to back hundreds for Virat Kohli #TATAIPL 2023 ____
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Kohli smashed 101 off 61 balls with 13 fours and 1 six to take RCB to 197 for 5 before he was sent into bat by GT skipper Hardik Panyada. However, GT opener Shubman Gill hit an equally impressive century, smashing 104 off 52 balls with eight sixes and five fours to seal their 10th win in 14 matches on Sunday.
“We wanted to keep the momentum going, and end on a high. Gill doesn’t give you chances as a bowler. It gives confidence to other batsmen as well. We would have taken 197 initially. We should have bowled well,” said Hardik Pandya at the post-match presentation.
GT and Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya also praised Kohli for a ‘special inning’. “It was a special innings from Virat as well. I couldn’t ask for anything better. Last year, everything went our way. This year, we were expecting people to challenge us. A lot of credit goes to all the boys,” said Hardik.
Kohli finished his campaign in IPL 2023 scoring 639 runs in 14 matches at an average of 53.25 and a strike-rate of 139.82 with 2 centuries and six fifties. He now holds the record for most hundreds in IPL history with his seventh century, surpassing former RCB teammate Chris Gayle who had six to his name.
