5 Indian players who were adopted by a culturally different city because of the IPL

Modified Mar 03, 2018 17:06 IST

#2 Virat Kohli - Bangalore

Virat Kohli will now become the only player to play for the same franchise since the inception of the IPL i.e. for 11 years. Right from 2008, Virat Kohli has been an integral part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

After the first three years, when the mega-auction took place in 2011, Virat Kohli was the only player to be retained by RCB. He was appointed as full-time captain in 2013. Even though as a franchise RCB haven’t lived up to the expectations, Kohli has been absolutely phenomenal for the Bangalore franchise with the bat. He scaled some unbelievable numbers in 2016 when he scored 973 runs in IPL 9 (in 2016). He scored 4 hundreds in that season. Currently, he is the second-highest run-getter (with 4418 runs) of all time in the IPL.

Bangalore has become Kohli’s second home and the Delhi-born player has also revealed the same several times. The Bangalore fans have a special connect with the current Indian skipper and he has a special sort of love affair with Bangalore.

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