Virat Kohli Statement on Potm Award after Win vs Pbks IPL 2025: In the 37th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings Aaj-Royal Challengers Bangalore’s team was face to face. Punjab has set a target of 158 runs to win in front of Bengaluru after getting the batting invited, which Bangalore achieved with 7 wickets remaining thanks to the brilliant half -century of Kohli and Padikkal and reached the number 3 in the table with this victory.
Virat Kohli said that Devdutt Padikkal should have been given the Player of the Match award, not him, because Devdutt helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to defeat Punjab Kings by seven wickets on Sunday by playing an innings of 61 runs in 35 balls.
Kohli scored an unbeaten 71 runs in 54 balls with the help of seven fours and a six, while Padikkal contributed to his innings with the help of four sixes and five fours. Both shared a significant partnership of 103 runs for the second wicket and avenged the five -wicket defeat against Punjab at the home ground. Earlier, Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma took two wickets each and stopped Punjab at 157/6 in 20 overs.
“Very important game for us. 2 points can create a huge difference in terms of qualification. We have played some great cricket out of the house. When you go to eight to ten (digits), this point makes a huge difference in the table. There should be a mentality to score 2 points in every game,” Kohli said in a post-match presentation. “I wanted to score further fast. I felt that Dev made a difference today, he should get this award, I don’t know why he gave me,” he said when he got the Potm Trophy.
Considering his innings, Kohli said that he wanted to play anchor innings and later wanted to score fast. “I try to stay there, hold one end and try to score fast later. There is always a temptation to move forward in the same way. The last game was a small game, so we (against PBKS) had to work hard.
“A partnership in T20 cricket is very good during the run chase. I can score fast, but I want to understand the strength of other players. Kohli said,” At the moment it is proving to be effective for us. “The former RCB and Indian captain appreciated the existing group of players involved in last year’s auction for them.” Found These players (after auction) were restrained.
Players like David, Jitesh, Patidar, they are playing well. Apart from this, Romario is coming for us today. There are also Livingstones. There was a shortage in the last season. Players can retaliate, players are hungry. You can see their intensity on the field, when they dive. It is really pleasant to see this. When you play like this, your chances of winning are better, “Kohli concluded. With 10 points in eight matches, the RCB has moved to third place in the points table and now his next match will be from Rajasthan Royals in Bengaluru on April 24.