‌KKR vs RCB | Twitter bemused on witnessing Hazlewood swapped with Kohli in bizarre scoreboard glitch

ByArijit Kundu,SportsCafe Editor

03/22/2025

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Quinton de Kock departed early in IPL 2025 opening cricket match.

The pressure of a mega-event can often disbalance the mental setup and lead to mismanaged work. The opening ceremony of the 2025 Indian Premier League was equally a big event in the context of the tournament and the operations guys at the venue seemed to have erred the scoreboard at the start.

Winning the first toss in his first-ever IPL assignment as a captain, the toss favored Rajat Patidar after a grand opening ceremony in the bonanza event. As KKR continued with the anticipated opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine in their curtain raiser, they kicked off with a four in the first over as the former cut through the gates via the square of the wicket on the off side, before RCB earned a redeemed a dropped catch.

Following a boundary on the second ball of the opening over, de Kock crunched a length ball outside the off stump through point for a four. Subsequently, Suyash Sharma running in from square leg dropped a sitter before Hazlewood redeemed the botch with the southpaw’s scalp on the immediate next ball. Despite the action-packed first over in the match, the attention shifted to the scoreboard glitch that showed Virat Kohli bowling instead of Hazlewood, sparking a Twitterverse buzz.

Kohli is bowling...

— david Miller (@MillerDavi20894)

Please answer

Did Hazelwood secretly become Kohli? The scorecard seems to think so!
— VK18❁ (@urstrulyvamshee)

LOL

abey scorecard pe kohli rakh diya pheli over pe wah 🤣🤣
— parth (@bananashakegain)

Interesting

IPL 2025 SCORECARD GRAPHICS.
— kuldeep singh (@kuldeep0745)

WTH?

wtf is this scorecard?
— Vypinkaaran Tarkovsky 🇵🇸 (@bettercallsree)

New one

This New Ipl Scorecard Graphics looks Very good
— A (@Chavi_Era)

Bad?

Kitna ganda scorecard graphic hai yaar
— diveshchaudh@ry (@diveshchaudhry8)

Don't know

I dunno first over is being bowled by kohli

But why he is very tall and feels australian 🌝??

Gomtha enna da scorecard idhu
— jaga's பதாகை 🌟 (@Jaga_vs_)

LOL