'No chance, I will...': Virat Kohli recalls how he turned down another franchise's offer and remained at RCB
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IPL 2023:Virat Kohli recalledhow he turned down another franchise's offer and remained at the RCB franchise during an interaction with Robin Uthappa.
Virat Kohli remains the only player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history to have played for a single franchise since the tournament's inception in 2008. Kohli has been part of the three-time runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and continues to be a big name in the franchise.
Kohli has had a stellar run in the RCB franchise. In the initial years, he was part of the dressing room which featured yesteryear greats such as Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, etc. and then formed a lethan trio with Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers. He led the franchise to the final in IPL 2016 and captained them for several years before resigning after 2021 season. Recently, the 34-year-old Kohli revealed how he was interested to join another franchise during IPL's early years but they didn't show much interest and when they came back to him, he rejected their offer for RCB's relentless backing.
Speaking to Robin Uthappa -- a former RCB player -- during an interview for JioCinema, Kohli said, It's been amazing. Why I value this partnership and journey with RCB so much, is because in the first 3 years of the IPL, they backed me a lot. Even when the retentions happened, they said, 'we want to retain you'. My only feedback to Ray Jennings at the time was 'I want to bat in top-order. I bat at 3 for India, and I want to bat at 3'. And they said, 'okay, you will bat at 3'. They showed faith in me at the time when I needed it. I was growing in my international career as well, Kohli told Robin Uthappa during an interview for
JioCinema.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 8:50 am