[Watch] Virat Kohli Gives Deadly Stare To Khaleel Ahmed As CSK Pacer Sledges Him

Virat Kohli staring at Khaleel (Source:@1eight_18/X.com)

The CSK-RCB clash always tends to attract tension, and the same is happening in the match 8 of IPL 2025 between two teams at the Chepauk. Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to field first, but Phil Salt came out all guns blazing and hit Khaleel Ahmed all over the park.

Virat Kohli-Khaleel Ahmed Involved In Altercation

Virat Kohli though was struggling to get going, and survived a close call against Khaleel Ahmed on the first ball. On the third ball of the same over, Khaleel Ahmed bowled a short delivery and Kohli who tried to pull it, but missed it. Khaleel Ahmed though did not hold back, and went all the way towards Kohli on the follow through.

He had a word with Kohli, and probably gave him a good long stare too. Virat Kohli did not utter a word, but gave him a deadly look as well, and then nodded his head. It was quite an intense altercation between two Indian players, and Khaleel also was involved in a little chat with Phil Salt early in the innings.

Phil Salt did not surivive for long as Noor Ahmed got the better of him, and Ravi Ashwin got the better of Devdutt Padikkal who played a handy knock of 27 from 14 balls. Overall, the match started off with a bang, and it promises to get more intense as it progresses.

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