I’ll never leave RCB: Captain Kohli

I’ll never leave RCB: Captain Kohli

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Virat Kohli (Pic Credits: Getty images)

Taking to the micro-blogging site, Indian skipper Virat Kohli seemed very excited for the 13th edition for the IPL scheduled to start from September 19.

The RCB skipper shared a 58-second video, captioned, “Loyalty above everything. Can’t wait for what’s to come”, Kohli shared off-the-field glimpses of his IPL journey ever since he joined RCB.

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Earlier, during an Instagram live session with RCB teammate Ab de Villiers, Kohli termed his 12-year IPL long journey as surreal. Kohli has even said that he never wants to leave the franchise and expressed his desire to win the IPL title for the side.

Kohli has managed to score 5,412 runs in the tournament and has so far in 177 matches for RCB. In 2016 edition, after scoring 973 runs, he also picked Orange Cap, this golden run included four centuries and seven half-centuries.

Kohli about his journey with RCB

Royal Challenger Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli (Pic Credits: Getty images)

“It has been 12 years. It is such an amazing journey, so surreal. You have been here nine years yourself. For a lot of people, it’s all about obvious we want to achieve the ultimate goal for the RCB. We have come close thrice but haven’t made it. That’s always gonna be our dream together and I was thinking there is no way in any scenario that I can never think of leaving this team, because of the love and care, the franchise has shown.” Kohli said.

Kohli has a nine year long association with the Bengaluru-based side.

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Kohli added, “You can feel emotional about the season going well or not but have that loyalty with Bangalore, with RCB it’s quite surreal. Till the time I play IPL, regardless of how we play, I’ll never leave this team.”

The IPL tournament will run for 53 days and will be played in UAE from 19th September to November 10. And the tournament will be staged in 3 venues (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah).

For the first time in history, the final will be held on a weekday, and both afternoon and evening matches will be played half-an-hour earlier than usual.

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