Virat Kohli who was at his absolute best was unable to get either trophy in 2016. (AFP)
Ahead of RCB’s enticing encounter against CSK on Saturday, Kohli opened up about the moments he was left heartbroken within the confines of the cricket field.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru poster boy Virat Kohli is all set to head up against Chennai Super Kings in the all-important IPL 2024 fixture at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
The tie proves to be a virtual knockout fixture with the fourth spot in the playoff race up for grabs. CSK find themselves at pole for the top 4 spot, with RCB having an outside chance to go through.
Ahead of the enticing encounter Kohli opened up about the moments he was left heartbroken within the confines of the cricket field.
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One, as he revealed, was India’s loss to West Indies in the semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup in the year 2016.
“In cricket, I felt heartbroken twice. And both of them were in the same year. First was the World Cup 2016 cause I was honestly in a space where I was thinking, whatever happens, we will be able to win this,” Kohli said.
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However, India ended up losing the game to the Windies and were ousted from the tournament.
“So that took long to get over. I was drained, I did not get out of the room, it was very hard on me,” Kohli revealed.
He went on to add that the summit clash loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in RCB’s colours the same year was another hard pill to swallow.
“The next was the IPL final. I felt like it was written in the star. We got to the finals out of nowhere,” the 35-year-old continued.
“We were chasing 200 and we were 100 without loss in 9 overs. And when AB got out we needed 68 off 42 balls with 8 wickets in hand,” Kolhi elucidated.
“You fell, ‘Just how did we lost that game?’
“And the most heartbreaking part was, we went back to the Ritz Carlton Hotel and an entire setup for the celebrations was done. And only four of us were sat there, nobody even wanted to come downstairs from their rooms,” he reflected.