Kohli x LizLaz, KKR Tears, the tractor

TL;DR

An IPL weekly recap covering Kohli's Instagram like controversy, KKR's emotional first win, and a politician driving a tractor onto a cricket pitch.

Key Points

• 1.Virat Kohli caused controversy by liking a photo from German influencer Liz Laz. Screenshots spread online, Kohli deleted the like, and hosts joked about 'algorithm errors' — echoing a prior Instagram story incident where he was caught clearing his feed.
• 2.KKR finally won their first game of the season in seven attempts, beating Rajasthan. Varun Chakravarthy took 3-4 wickets at under 14 runs and attributed his return to form to pitches slowing down; players reportedly cried in the dressing room after the win.
• 3.A local politician drove a tractor onto a cricket field 400km northwest of Mumbai. He was upset at not being invited to the MLA Trophy Tournament final; no formal complaint was filed as organizers chose not to escalate.
• 4.Tilak Varma scored the fastest-ever Mumbai Indians IPL century, 45 balls, matching the tournament record. He started 19 off 22 before making 82 off his next 23 deliveries, also outscoring GT's entire team who were bowled out for 100.
• 5.Cameron Green scored 79 off 55 for KKR against Gujarat Titans but remained a target for criticism. He scored just 4 runs in 11 balls in the final four overs; Captain Rahane publicly defended him while CricInfo simultaneously criticized his death-overs inefficiency.
• 6.David Miller redeemed himself with a match-winning innings for RCB after the GT singles controversy. Needing 15 off the last over, he hit a 95-metre six from 7 off 7 balls to finish the game; post-match he gave deliberately bland quotes to avoid media scrutiny.
• 7.Lalit Modi proposed IPL teams owning test cricket franchises to save the format. In a Michael Vaughan interview, he suggested exhibition matches between IPL franchises playing test cricket to re-engage youth, while maintaining country-vs-country as the premium product.
• 8.QDK scored his third IPL century for a third different franchise — Delhi, LSG, and now Mumbai Indians. The hosts noted his famously detached personality, referencing an interview where he spoke only about fishing and appeared completely disengaged.
• 9.The BCCI plans a 30-35 player T20 pool from 2026 to handle overlapping fixtures, with Shreyas Iyer tipped to captain India A. Sanjay Manjrekar publicly criticized CSK's mismanagement of the Dhoni-Gaikwad captaincy transition, a take the hosts suggested would end his cricket career prospects.