IPL 2024: Took Virat Kohli's wicket by saying yes sir

To chase the target of 182 runs given by Lucknow Super Giants, Bengaluru needed a big and long innings from Virat Kohli but after a good start, Virat was out in the 5th over. The most talked about in both the victories of Lucknow was the young fast bowler Mayank Yadav, whose pace first defeated Punjab Kings and then Royal Challengers Bangalore. But apart from Mayank, another new bowler did his job quietly without creating any stir against Bengaluru. Not only did the work but also kept the promise given to the coach. Bengaluru and Lucknow clashed at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday evening, 2 March. In this match, Lucknow batted first and scored 181 runs. Now the score was not very big on the Chinnaswamy pitch and considering the kind of starts Virat Kohli has had this season, it looked like it would be difficult to stop him, even in the run chase, this one for Lucknow Will prove to be a problem. But it was not to be.

Kohli's first wicket in the second match

While trying to play the second ball of the 5th over of Bengaluru's innings on the leg side, Virat Kohli caught it towards backward point. All this happened because there was a left arm spinner in front of him, which has often proved to be Virat's weakness in this format. But this was not a seasoned or experienced spinner, rather it was 25 year old Manimaran Siddharth, who was playing only his second match in the IPL. This is Siddharth's first wicket in IPL and also Virat's highest run. Scorer in league history. Kohli's.

Who is Siddhartha?

In Virat's 100th T20 match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Siddharth created havoc with his bowling and gave the first blow to RCB. Siddharth made his debut in the last match against Punjab Kings. This spinner from Tamil Nadu has played 9 T20 matches so far and has taken 19 wickets. He has taken 27 wickets in 7 first-class matches. Earlier in the IPL, he had been a part of the dressing room of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, but this season Lucknow gave him his first chance. Siddharth was bought by Lucknow at his original price of Rs 20 lakh.

A promise was made before the match

This wicket was special because he had promised it to coach Justin Langer. After the match, Lucknow revealed this by posting a video of the team's dressing room on social media. Regarding this, coach Langer said that when he saw Siddharth bowling 'arm ball' during practice, he directly asked whether he would take Virat's wicket? In response to this Siddharth only said, Yes sir.