“We talked about Virat before the tournament – AB and I. De Villiers said ‘Hey, he’s a bit hungry’. There’s going to be carnage for bowlers in the days to come,” Chris Gayle said.

Virat Kohli was at his absolute best against Mumbai Indians taking their bowlers to the cleaners hitting 5 sixes and 6 fours along with Faf du Plessis to get their IPL 2023 campaign off to a winning start. The RCB opener played an astonishing knock of 82 off just 49 deliveries to take  Bangalore’s side to secure victory against the five-time champions.

Earlier during the game against Mumbai, Indian batting maestro–Virat Kohli became the first Indian cricketer to score his 50th 50-plus score in Indian Premier League and he became the first Indian Cricketer to achieve this massive record in the cash-rich league.

The stylish right-handed took some time away from the game just before Asia Cup 2022 and returned to form from there on, he scored 5 centuries in international cricket.

Virat Kohli And Faf Du Plessis Are Going to Feed Off Each Other – Chris Gayle

Hard-hitting West Indies opener Chris Gayle lauded Faf du Plessis for excellent captaincy skills and said that he going to be the perfect partner for Virat Kohli in that opening slot as they complimented each other very well in the opening game against Mumbai Indians and added that they both can score at least 400 runs each in this season.

“We know Faf is in class. He’s an excellent captain and an excellent player. He has done it all over international cricket as well, so this is not new to Faf. One thing I can tell you, Virat and Faf are going to feed off each other perfectly. Look at the way they start, they look to drop and run. That’s something bowlers and teams got to be aware of because these two, I’ve said this before, you’re guaranteed almost 400 runs,” Gayle added.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders in their second encounter on April 6 in Eden Gardens.