Virat Kohli Completed 16 Years With RCB: Former Team India captain and star batsman Virat Kohli is staying away from the cricket field these days. Whereas Virat Kohli can now make a comeback in IPL 2024. Today is a very special day for Virat Kohli and his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli has completed 16 years in the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli has been with RCB ever since he has been playing IPL. Till date, Virat Kohli has not left RCB for even a single season.
In 237 matches with RoyalChallengersBangalore, Kohli has scored 7263 runs at an average of 37.24 with 7 hundreds and 50 half-centuries to his name.
The year 2016 was very special for Virat in IPL :
The 2016 IPL season was very special for Virat Kohli. This season, more than 900 runs and four centuries were scored from Virat's bat. With which Virat Kohli became the batsman who scored the most runs in an IPL season.
In the last season of IPL, Kohli had scored 639 runs. Fans will hope that this time also Kohli performs brilliantly in IPL and brings the trophy to Bangalore. Bangalore has not won a single trophy since 2008, although it had a chance to win thrice but lost in the finals.
Virat Kohli made his IPL debut in the year 2008. In the same year, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Under-19 team won the World Cup title. Only after this, Virat Kohli joined RCB with his debut in IPL. From then till today, Virat Kohli is seen playing in IPL for RCB only. Now, to show Virat Kohli's loyalty, RCB has shared a special video on social media. While sharing the video, RCB wrote that loyalty is supreme. We love you, King Kohli.
Kohli is the only cricketer in the history of the IPL to have played for only 1 franchise since the inaugural edition. The veteran is now gearing up to play in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), which starts on March 22 with the match between RCB and MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Indian Premier League: Virat Kohli complete 16 years with Royal Challengers Bangalore
On This Day: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bought Virat Kohli for a price of USD 30,000 for the 2008 IPL after he led India to victory in the 2008 U19 World Cup.
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