{"id":22019,"date":"2025-03-28T19:19:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=582177"},"modified":"2025-03-28T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:49:33","slug":"ipl-2025-csk-vs-rcb-virat-kohli-and-suresh-raina-share-heartwarming-moment-ahead-of-csk-rcb-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-csk-vs-rcb-virat-kohli-and-suresh-raina-share-heartwarming-moment-ahead-of-csk-rcb-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025, CSK vs RCB: Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina share heartwarming moment ahead of CSK-RCB clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a heartwarming moment at Chepauk, former Indian teammates Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina shared a warm hug, drawing cheers from the crowd. The two cricketing stalwarts, who have shared the field for India on numerous occasions, have always had immense respect for each other. Their embrace before the start of the high-profile clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings was a nostalgic sight for fans, rekindling memories of their past exploits in Indian cricket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raina, a CSK legend, has been a fan-favorite at Chepauk for years, while Kohli remains one of the most passionate cricketers in the game. The hug symbolized the camaraderie between two icons of Indian cricket, reminding everyone of their contributions to the sport. Watch the heart-warming moment below:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virat Kohli hugging Suresh Raina \u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 A lovely moment at Chepauk\u2026!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DPejDUYzh1\">pic.twitter.com\/DPejDUYzh1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricCrazyJohns\/status\/1905611668551598129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Toss report: CSK opt to field first<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad felt that the pitch would play better than in the last game and wanted to make use of any assistance available for the bowlers early on. He also mentioned that there was no dew so far, but it could become a factor later in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RCB captain Rajat Patidar stated that his team was prepared to put up a strong total, acknowledging the importance of a competitive score in such a crucial match. RCB made one change, bringing in Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Rasikh Dar Salam, while CSK replaced Ellis with Matheesha Pathirana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With emotions running high and an intense contest ahead, fans are in for a thrilling encounter at Chepauk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartwarming moment at Chepauk, former Indian teammates Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina shared a warm hug, drawing cheers\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":42319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}