RCB signs Kohli for two years
Royal Challengers Bangalore today announced that India’s talented middle-order batsman Virat Kohli has been signed on by the team for two years. This is in line with the policy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India which provides for player retention by IPL teams.
Royal Challengers Bangalore today announced that India’s talented middle-order batsman Virat Kohli has been signed on by the team for two years. This is in line with the policy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India which provides for player retention by IPL teams.
Mr. Sidhartha Mallya, Director, Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd said, “I am delighted that Virat will be with the Royal Challengers team for the next two years. Besides being one of the most promising young players in India, Virat also has some very significant playing achievements to his credit. He is the first and fastest Indian in history to cross the milestone of scoring 1000 One Day International runs in just 24 innings. His consistency over the last few ODI innings is an indicator of the excellent form that he is in”.
During the IPL season 3, Kohli scored 307 runs in 16 matches for the Royal Challengers, with a strike rate of 144.81. Later during the Champions League T20 2010, Kohli played 2 successive crucial knocks against Mumbai Indians and Highveld Lions to help the team reach the semi-finals of the tournament. His strike-rate for the tournament was 156.94
Between September 2009 and August 2010, Kohli was the 8th most successful ODI cricketer with 968 runs in 26 innings (second-last in terms of innings played in the list). Kohli's 224-run partnership with Gambhir to chase down Sri Lanka's 316 in 2009 is the sixth highest for India in ODIs. It was also the 2nd highest 3rd wicket stance for India. He is only the third Indian player - after Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina - to score two ODI centuries before turning 22.
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We like the RCB because of Karnataka based team , team management and players, without Karnataka players the Red abd Yellow flavour will not make sense. The support wil be only be academic.
Even Anil plays for any team we like to see him take wickets and when Rahul, Robin bats we like to see them hit sixes no matter against any team they play may be against RCB.
Please have Karnataka players.
Cheers on Virat Kohli, he will be future RCB captain.
Sid Mallya, please bring back these RCB heroes
Dnt worry guys we will get RD, Anil and Uthappa back in the auction!