On his homecoming to Ferozeshah Kotla, the place he started his cricket journey, Kohli shined with a 46-ball 55 for his sixth half century of the season to information Royal Challengers Bangalore to a robust 181 for 4 towards Delhi Capitals.
Kohli was taking part in in his 233rd match because the inception of the IPL in 2008 when he reached the 7000-run milestone. He had come into match with 6,988 runs from 232 matches.
“7000 runs is just another milestone during the journey of what I’m trying to do for my team. It’s a nice number when you try to do something for your team,” Kohli stated after his landmark fifty.
“I want to put my head down and continue to work hard.”
Kohli’s household and his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma had been current on the stadium to look at the previous India captain play his homecoming match. He was seen touching Sharma’s toes earlier than the match to pay respect to his coach.
“It’s a special moment … my family is here, my coach is here, cricket is just a part of my life. I was honoured with getting a pavilion named after me. I started my journey here and started playing for Delhi here.
“I by no means imagined all these items would come there and there is gratitude for all this,” said the 34-year-old right-handed batter.
On the scintillating innings played by Mahipal Lomror, who hit 54 not out off 29 balls, Kohi said, “It was unbelievable and me and Faf thought that 160 could be an excellent rating. Mahipal got here and altered the sport, shifted the momentum in direction of us.
“My job was to bat deep and get those late runs, but DK (Dinesh Karthik) and Mahi (Lomror) did a tremendous job as well. It gives the senior guys like me and Faf a lot of confidence at this stage of the tournament. It’s a great sign for the team.”
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com