Virat Kohli has been the backbone of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the history of the Indian Premier League. In the initial years of his IPL career, Kohli struggled to get game time as he was batting down the order.
However, after a few seasons, he was promoted to the top and there was no turning back since then. Virat Kohli grabbed the opportunity in both hands and let his bat do the talking every season.
This is the reason why he is the leading run-scorer in the history of the Indian Premier League. He is also close to achieving the landmark of 7000 runs in the IPL, a sensational feat that he is destined to achieve in the IPL 2023.
Virat Kohli captains RCB against PBKS
Meanwhile, in the latest development, Virat Kohli has returned as RCB captain for the first time since IPL 2021. After a long gap of 556 days, he is leading the team for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Virat Kohli has been the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since 2013 but stepped down from the post after the IPL 2021 season.
Under his captaincy, RCB made it to the finals of the competition in the IPL 2016 season but surrendered at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is captaining RCB in place of Faf du Plessis, who is featuring as an Impact player today.
Virat Kohli, at the toss, added that Faf du Plessis won’t be fielding in the game due to a bruised rib. However, he is starting for RCB as an impact player. Later on, he will be replaced by seamer Vyshak Vijaykumar at the innings break.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
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Seeing Virat Kohli as captain hits different. 🥺#PBKSvRCB
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