• Home
  • Cricket News
  • Rcb Win Virat Kohli Record And Pakistan Fined April 7 Cricket Highlights

RCB Win, Virat Kohli Record And Pakistan Fined – April 7 Cricket Highlights

Aakash Saini

RCB players and Virat Kohli [Source: @IPL/x]RCB players and Virat Kohli [Source: @IPL/x]

RCB crashed Jasprit Bumrah’s comeback party with a thrilling win at the Wankhede Stadium. Legendary Indian cricketer Virat Kohli scaled a landmark figure through the course of his match-winning knock. In other news, the Pakistan cricket team was fined by the ICC for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand.

Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest cricketing news that emerged out of Monday, April 7.

Patidar-Led RCB Edge Out Varma, Pandya Attack In Thriller

RCB secured a thrilling 12-run win over hosts Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in match 20 of the IPL 2025 season. Batting first, the RCB franchise hauled a staggering 221-5 from 20 overs, courtesy of Virat Kohli’s sublime 42-ball 67, captain Rajat Patidar’s explosive 32-ball 64 and Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten 19-ball 40* at the death. While Trent Boult and Hardik Pandya picked up two wickets each, albeit at an expense of over 100 runs combined, comeback man Jasprit Bumrah secured tight figures of 0-29.

In response, Mumbai Indians fell to a precarious 99-4 in 12 overs, before Tilak Varma’s 29-ball 56 and captain Hardik Pandya’s 15-ball 42 threatened to take the game away from the RCB. However, key wicket-taking spells from Krunal Pandya (4-45), Yash Dayal (2-46) and Josh Hazlewood (2-37) kept the hosts down to 209-9.

Virat Kohli Creates History By Scaling 13,000 T20 Runs

Virat Kohli completed 13,000 T20 runs through the course of his 67-run knock against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. The legendary Indian batter reached the landmark figure in his 403rd innings, recording the 99th half-century of his career in the process. In doing so, Kohli became only the fifth cricketer in history after Chris Gayle, Alex Hales, Shoaib Malik and Kieron Pollard to complete 13,000 runs in T20 cricket. Moreover, he also became the second fastest batter in the world to breach the milestone after Gayle, and became the first Indian cricketer to enter the elite batting club.

Harry Brook Named England’s White-Ball Captain

Harry Brook has been named as the new white-ball captain of the English cricket team following the resignation of 2022 T20 World Cup-winning skipper Jos Buttler. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that Brook will be leading England’s T20I and ODI sides going forward, confirming the same through a media release.

Brook expressed his gratitude upon being appointed national captain and stated that he is looking forward to leading England to series wins, World Cups, and other major honours. The 26-year-old has so far played 26 ODIs and 44 T20Is for England.

Karachi Kings Appoint Shaun Tait As Bowling Coach For PSL 2025

The Karachi Kings franchise has appointed former Australian speedster Shaun Tait as the assistant and fast bowling coach for the upcoming PSL 2025 season. Earlier, the franchise also named Ravi Bopara as team’s new head coach and legendary Australian opening batter David Warner as new team captain.

Under the leadership of Warner, the Karachi Kings will launch its PSL 2025 campaign with a match against Multan Sultans at the National Stadium in Karachi on Saturday, April 12.

Pakistan Fined For Slow Over-Rate In Third NZ ODI

The Mohammad Rizwan-led Pakistan cricket team has been fined five percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the third ODI match at the Bay Oval. The ‘Men in Green’ also lost the match by 43 runs to concede the three-match ODI series by a 0-3 margin to the hosts.

Match referee Jeff Crowe imposed the fine on the Pakistan team after finding them one over short of the stipulated target with time allowances taken into consideration.