Virat Kohli, a Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) veteran, exchanged flying kisses with his wife, Anushka Sharma, in an adorable moment during his team’s IPL 2025 triumph over Lucknow Super Giants. The match was played on Tuesday, May 27 at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium.
LSG batted first and scored an incredible 227/3, thanks to an outstanding century from captain Rishabh Pant (118). After the league stage, RCB secured the second place in the points standings by chasing down the target in 18.4 overs. With a 30-ball 54, Virat Kohli set the stage for the chase, and Jitesh Sharma took advantage of it to play a brilliant innings of 85 (33) to win the game for his team.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were overjoyed following RCB’s victory and were seen exchanging flying kisses. The moment may be seen the video below:
They are pumped up & HOW 🥳@RCBTweets enter the 🔝 2️⃣ with momentum led by their charismatic skipper Jitesh Sharma 🔥
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/h5KnqyuYZE #TATAIPL | #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/N0YAz0f95u
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 27, 2025“I tried to take the game deep” – Jitesh Sharma reflects on match-winning knock vs LSG
Jitesh Sharma’s incredible 85-run effort during the chase won him Player of the Match at the post-match presentation. After giving his knock some thought, he said:
“I can’t express the thoughts, I can’t believe that I managed to play the innings. All I was trying was to see the ball..When Virat Kohli bhai departed, I tried to take the game deep as my guru Dinesh Karthik always tells me to take the game deep. I was having cramps due to the extra load but I am enjoying the responsibility with Virat bhai, Krunal bhai and Bhuvi bhai around and I am enjoying it.”
Jitesh Sharma
“We have thought about, we will enjoy a bit but we will make sure we have a good recovery for the Qualfier. Credit goes to Rajat, he gave me the opportunity to keep up the trend of away wins. Thanks to almighty for the win. Hazlewood is fit now and should play the playoffs. Everyone in the team is a match winner. The belief system is great in the team.”
Jitesh Sharma
On Thursday, May 29, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings (PBKS) are set to face off in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.
