Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen's Viral Pic Sparks Orry Meme Frenzy
Virat Kohli scored a brilliant half-century against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a six-wicket win. After the match, Kohli shared a heartwarming moment with Delhi mentor Kevin Pietersen, whose picture went viral on social media.
India's star batsman Virat Kohli has a lot of fan following all over the world. In the ongoing IPL tournament, wherever Virat's team Royal Challengers Bangalore plays, 'Kohli' chants are heard in the entire stadium. On Sunday, when RCB faced Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the same thing was seen. For Kohli, who is a Delhiite, this match was like a homecoming. He also scored a half-century in this match and helped the team win by six wickets. After the match, Kohli also shared a heartwarming moment with Delhi mentor and former England player Kevin Pietersen and the picture of that moment is becoming viral on social media.
Virat and Pietersen posed in a funny way and fans made a lot of memes and compared this picture to internet sensation Orry. Talking about the match, Delhi lost the third consecutive match and reached the fourth place in the points table. RCB won the toss and chose to bowl and the hosts failed to set a big target.
KL Rahul was Delhi's top scorer with an innings of 41 runs, while Tristan Stubbs' aggressive 34 runs (18) helped the team reach the target of 162 runs. However, this target proved to be quite low against RCB. While a score of around 250 seemed common in the IPL last year, this year the batsmen are finding it very difficult to score runs, but Delhi mentor Kevin Pietersen has no problem.
Pietersen said in the press conference after the match, "On a wicket like this you have to be organized, you have to get the rhythm. Virat found the rhythm this evening, KL got the rhythm. And I think that's where you see the real batsman. The real batsman who can come in there and keep an eye on the situation, and looks comfortable... Is it good to get a wicket like this once in a while for T20 cricket? I don't think that's a bad thing. "