IPL 2024 | Twitter amused as laughing Kohli's exaggerated leave against Ashwin sparks World T20 nostalgia

Anticipating dew in the latter half of the contest, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to field first. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis offered a good start to RCB, playing through the powerplay phase with 53 runs. However, a cheeky moment followed post the field restrictions where Kohli was seen emulating Ashwin from the 2022 T20 World Cup. 

On the second ball of the seventh over, Ashwin fired a fuller delivery near the leg stump line that Kohli cleverly left by winding across the line. The flighted delivery would have hit his body if Kohli had not bent a tad towards the off stump, thereby extracting an extra out of the delivery. Ashwin had committed a similar act against Mohammad Nawaz during the India versus Pakistan clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the 2022 T20 World Cup, resulting in a famous win. Kohli was clearly reminded off the same as he broke out into a fit of laughter while looking at Ashwin after the umpire signalled wide.

The Twitterverse was amused about Kohli emulating an Ashwin genius against the 37-year-old himself.

Virat does Ashwin against Ashwin!

— Vince Sinha (@SinhaVince29999) 

Hahaha! LOL xD xD

Looks familiar, Ash? 😅



📸 JioCinema 

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) 

He is so animated!

Lol,Kohli giving Ashwin a taste of his own medicine with that wide.

— Akash (@Akashkumarjha14) 

King also copies someone now! LOL xD xD

  Hi Sir, Kohli leaving it to wide in previous over against Ashwin ball as Ashwin left it to wide in World Cup and won the match if you remember 😂

— Vijay Chandan (@vijaychandan18) 

Hahahaha!

Ashwin to Kohli, wide   

— Vishnu Tiwari (@VishnuTiwa29296) 

Yeah he did!

Kohli did a Ashwin to Ashwin.  

— Insightful Globetrotter IN (@HiteshNath22372) 

Epic!

Kohli did a Ashwin to Ashwin. 

— Sarmad Ahmad (@CricketGuly) 

Yeah very similar manner!

Virat Kohli intimated Ravi Ashwin signature leave �� 

— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) 

That was fun to watch!

Kohli did a Ashwin to Ashwin. 

— CricLoverShanky (@CricLoverShanky) 

Rolf!

Virat Kohli.

- R Ashwin.



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— jeetu maher (@Jeetu8290)