Last Update: May 22, 2023, 13:33 IST
Virat Kohli’s record breaking century went in vain. (pic credit: sportzpix)
Virat Kohli has been with Royal Challengers Bangalore since the inception of IPL in 2008 but is yet to win any title with them.
Since the inception of the T20 league in 2008, Virat Kohli is the only player in IPL history to have played for the same franchise. Suffrage.
Despite RCB’s empty trophy cabinet, Kohli has shown his loyalty to them in the past claiming to have been approached by other teams to put his name in the auction. However, he has preferred to stay with RCB.
With RCB ending yet another IPL campaign without a trophy on Sunday night, it is bound to question why the team has not won a single trophy in 16 years despite claiming to be a formidable team on paper.
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has suggested Kohli to leave RCB and join Delhi Capitals.
“Time to step into the capital city of Virat…! #IPL” Pietersen tweeted after RCB crashed out of the tournament in the league stage itself after losing by six wickets to GT.
For the record, DC haven’t done any better than RCB, which haven’t won a title themselves. RCB have finished as runners-up thrice so far while DC have just one final appearance against their name.
DC started IPL 2023 with four consecutive losses, followed by a couple of wins and avoided finishing last on the points table.
Kohli had a good season with the bat, scoring 639 runs in 14 innings at an average of 53.25 and a strike rate of 152.46. He also scored consecutive hundreds and in the process broke Chris Gayle’s record for most IPL tons.
After hitting his record 7th IPL hundred, Kohli said he was again playing his best T20 cricket.
A lot of people think my T20 cricket is going down the drain, I don’t think so at all,” Kohli told broadcasters after scoring his hundred on Sunday.
“I feel I am playing my best T20 cricket again. I’m just enjoying myself. That’s how I play T20 cricket, I want to hit the gaps, hit a lot of boundaries and if the conditions allow me, I want to hit big boundaries at the end. You have to read situations and rise to the occasion when the situation calls for it. I’m feeling really good with my game at the moment and the way I’m batting.”
