Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles praised Virat Kohli, who made RCB the champion by playing a brilliant inning of 75 runs in the final of IPL 2026. While praising Virat Kohli’s match-winning innings, Marles also praised the performance of Australian cricketers Josh Hazlewood and Tim David. Both these Australian players were part of the RCB team in IPL 2026.

Marles is a big fan of Virat Kohli. Marles said, ‘Last year when the IPL final took place, I was here a day before, this time also the same happened. Even once we saw RCB becoming IPL champion.

What did Marles say?

He said, ‘Virat Kohli, who was the hero of RCB’s victory in the IPL final on Sunday (June 1), remained unbeaten after scoring 75 runs and was adjudged ‘Man of the Match’. I liked the fact that Josh Hazlewood and Tim David were also with him. The partnership between India and Australia was clearly visible in RCB’s IPL victory.

‘Kohli is a big name in Australia’

Praising ‘run-machine’ Virat Kohli, Richard Marles said, ‘Kohli is a big name in Australia at the moment, but when I was growing up, Indian cricket captain Bishan Singh Bedi was a big name at that time. He further said, there is a lot of craze for cricket in both the countries (India-Australia).

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RCB became IPL 2026 champion by defeating GT

In the final match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, RCB won the match in 18 overs after restricting Gujarat Titans to the score of 155/8. In the match, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs in 42 balls with 3 sixes and 9 fours. Tim David scored 24 runs in 17 balls with 4 boundaries. At the same time, Josh Hazlewood took 2 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs.

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