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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally ended their six-match losing streak in the ongoing IPL 2024 after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at their home ground at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium by 35 runs on Thursday. The Virat Kohli & Co managed to silence the Pat Cummins-led team that has been silencing every team in this season. With back-to-back wins, SRH is currently dominating the IPL being at the top of the points table.

RCB on the other hand was suffering humiliating defeats until yesterday’s match, thanks to Kohli and Patidar’s magical 50s and the spinning magic of spin duo of Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh. 

This is the first loss of SRH in five games and RCB’s second win in the ongoing season. Now, RCB is the only team to defeat SRH at their home and Virat Kohli is the highest scorer from both the team on this pitch. 

The stadium erupted with the roar for Virat Kohli as the crowd showed love, admiration, and support for India’s run-machine. 

The whole stadium erupted with chants of ‘RCB RCB’ and ‘Kohli Kohli’. King Kohli also happily acknowledged the love shown by the crowd and was seen thanking the crowd. 

Kohli is not just a cricketer, he has become an emotion for millions of his fans. Just seeing him bat has insane healing powers. 

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Virat Kohli fans breathed a sigh of relief after the batting star and his team managed to silence Pat Cummins, captain of SRH, who had earlier silenced the entire country after defeating India during the World Cup 2023.

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