Virat Kohli demonstrated his courage by not holding back while facing Jofra Archer in Sunday’s match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians here on Sunday. Jofra Archer put down Kohli on his first ball of the match. Kohli then followed it up with a boundary through third man and smacked a six over long-off.

Kohli was in sublime touch to be 82 not out off 49 balls, laced with six fours and five sixes to chase 172 in 16.2 overs to get their campaign off to a winning start. Kohli’s teammate, Dinesh Karthik lauded the former skipper and said that the top-order batter made a statement by hitting Archer over the covers.