Devdutt Asked Me To Finish It, Told Him To Reach His Century First: Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets in the 16^th match of the IPL 2021. Kohli scored 72* runs off 47 balls, and became the first batter to reach the 6000 run mark in the IPL. After the win, he said, “Me and Dev spoke about his 100. He told me to finish it off, I told him to get to it first. He said many will come, I said yea you can say that after you get to the landmark. He deserved to get the three-figure mark. ”

“It was an outstanding innings. He batted really well for his first season last time. There was a lot of talk about him not accelerating after getting to 30s. He's put all that to rest. It was a good pitch to bat on to be honest, and him being tall meant that bowlers struggled with their lengths. T20 cricket is always about partnership cricket. You can't always go big from the word go. When one guy is going well, it's important for me to ensure that I don't lose my wicket. It can change on other days.”