Published 12:34 IST, April 10th 2022

IPL 2022: Virat Kohli meets 'GOAT' Sachin Tendulkar post RCB's terrific win vs MI; See pic

Tendulkar is presently the mentor of the five-time champions Mumbai Indians, while Kohli is a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore's squad.

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Virat Kohli met his idol, Sachin Tendulkar, after IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday.

Virat Kohli, a self-proclaimed Sachin Tendulkar admirer, took to social media to share a photo with legendary cricketer and captioned it saying, "Always a pleasure to see you paji."

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Kohli got opportunity to share a dressing room with Tendulkar when he first arrived on international st more than a decade ago. y were both members of men's Indian cricket team that won World Cup in 2011.

Tendulkar is currently mentor of five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians, while Kohli is a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore squad. After last night's match between two teams, Tendulkar had a quick chat with Kohli, picture of which is w going viral on social media with people saying 'two GOATS in one frame'.

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RCB vs MI

As far as last night's match is concerned, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Mumbai Indians by a massive margin of 7 wickets with 9 balls to spare. Batting first, Mumbai posted a total of 151/6 in 20 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 68 off 37 balls to help Mumbai reach respectable total after side suffered an early sttuter yet again in tournament. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan scored 26 runs each at top of order, which was only susbstantial contribution or than half-century from Suryakumar Yadav. Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel picked two wickets each, while Akash Deep scalped one wicket.

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In reply, RCB's Anuj Rawat scored 66 off 47 balls to help his team chase down total with ease. Rawat's kck included 2 fours and 6 sixes. Virat Kohli also contributed by hitting 48 off 36 balls. After Mumbai dismissed Rawat and Kohli towards backend of innings, Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell finished chase for RCB by scoring 7 and 8 runs, respectively. Rawat was chosen as  Player of Match for his excellent batting. 

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12:34 IST, April 10th 2022