Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost their Indian Premier League 2026 match by nine runs to Lucknow Supergiants via the DLS method at the Ekna Cricket Stadium on Thursday.One of the key moments of the match was the dismissal. Virat Kohli. LSG fast bowler Prince Yadav hit a 140.4 kmph in-swing ball that went through Kohli’s defense and hit the off-stump. Kohli was out for a wicket, and looked dazed after being bowled and stared at the pitch where the ball had landed.
Former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrikar The latter spoke about Kohli’s reaction and compared him to Sachin Tendulkar.“Virat Kohli being clean bowled by Prince Yadav gives a great insight into the mind of a champion batsman. It was the same with Tendulkar. It’s not so much how he got out. Look at Virat’s reaction when he gets out. He looks down at the pitch, as if something unpleasant has happened. As if the pitch played a trick on him,” Manjrikar said in a video on Instagram. “Even Tendulkar, at the end of his career, will look down at the pitch and think the ball was low and something went wrong. What’s happening here is that the minute there’s a bit of a setback, he’s not immediately looking inward and criticizing himself. He’s looking at reasons other than himself for what happened,” he added.Manjrekar said this kind of reaction is common among top batsmen because they have a strong belief in their ability.“That, interestingly, is a trait of a great batsman, because they’ve had so much success over the years, so they have a lot of self-confidence. So when they have a moment like that, their self-confidence doesn’t sink as quickly. Lesser people, when something like that happens, see their self-confidence break, because their confidence is broken in their own batsmen for the most part. The potential is huge. This is one of the reasons why great batsmen are great, as opposed to lesser mortals who lose their confidence easily,” concluded the former India batsman.
