{"id":454773,"date":"2024-05-20T03:26:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/20\/watch-impact-player-rule-designed-for-you-because-virat-kohli-teases-chris-gayle-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T03:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:26:55","slug":"watch-impact-player-rule-designed-for-you-because-virat-kohli-teases-chris-gayle-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/20\/watch-impact-player-rule-designed-for-you-because-virat-kohli-teases-chris-gayle-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: &#8216;Impact Player rule designed for you because&#8230;&#8217; &#8211; Virat Kohli teases Chris Gayle | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110260053,imgsize-31304.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Virat Kohli<!-- --> and <!-- -->Chris Gayle<!-- --> had a lot of fun when the Jamaican giant walked into the <!-- -->Royal Challengers Bengaluru<!-- --> (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">RCB<\/a>) dressing room after the team&#8217;s remarkable win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru last Saturday to qualify for the <!-- -->IPL 2024<!-- --> playoffs. <br \/>In a video of Gayle&#8217;s visit shared by RCB on social media, Kohli could be seen teasing his former teammate to become RCB&#8217;s &#8216;<!-- -->Impact Player<!-- -->&#8216; in the next IPL season.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"strong \">IPL 2024: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/results\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">Results <\/a><span class=\"strong \">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/points-table\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\"> Points Table<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kaka, come back next year. Impact Player rule is on now. You don&#8217;t have to field anymore. It&#8217;s designed for you,&#8221; Kohli jokingly told Gayle, who was a reluctant runner on the field during the twilight of his playing career.<br \/>Kohli also autographed his RCB jersey and gifted it to Gayle, famously called the &#8216;Universe Boss&#8217;, with the message: &#8220;To Chris (kaka). With love and best wishes.&#8221;<br \/><span class=\"strong\">WATCH VIDEO<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gayle, known to hit monstrous sixes during his playing days as West Indies batsman and freelance T20 franchise player, was part of the RCB squad from 2011 to 2017.<br \/>Interestlingly, Kohli currently not just has most runs (708) in the season so far, but also emerged as the batsman to hit most sixes in the league stage. <br \/>&#8220;Maximum sixes this season, yeah!,&#8221; Kohli could be heard telling Gayle in the video.<br \/>&#8220;How much?&#8221; Gayle asked.<br \/>&#8220;37!&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-orange-cap-winner\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Orange Cap<\/a> holder Kohli, whose four sixes in the 29-ball 47 against CSK took his tally of sixes in the season so far to 37.<\/p>\n<p>RCB defeated CSK in a do-or-die match to enter the IPL playoffs, where they will now take on third-placed Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator. The team winning that match goes on to play the losing team of Qualifier 1, which will feature table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders taking on second-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad.<br \/>RCB managed to bag the fourth and last spot in the playoffs with a 27-run win over CSK, which was enough to have a better net run-rate than the five-time former champions as both the teams ended up with 14 points each.<br \/>It was RCB&#8217;s sixth consecutive win of the league stage, which completed a remarkable comeback as they had lost seven of their first eight matches this season.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')<\/p>\n<p>      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/watch-impact-player-rule-designed-for-you-because-virat-kohli-teases-chris-gayle\/articleshow\/110259941.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle had a lot of fun when the Jamaican giant walked into the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) dressing room after the team&#8217;s remarkable win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru last Saturday to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs. 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