They showed trust in me – Virat Kohli on how RCB gave him the platform to succeed
Even in the bumpiest roller-coaster rides, there comes a point where everything stops. They say that is the breath of God. In that breath universes create and supernovas dazzle the most ancient of eyes. In the glistening antiquity of RCB, the God’s breath has always been one name and that is of Virat Kohli.
Talking on Big Basket presents RCB Podcast, Virat Kohli narrated how RCB supported him during that entire journey. He explained in the minutest of details how his own ambitions aligned with that of RCB and that went a long way in shaping an incredible journey not just for Virat or RCB but for both of them in unison.
Kohli said, “I started my journey with RCB very young, as everyone knows. Then I was retained at a very important juncture in my career, to be fair, with the conversation back and forth. RCB agreed to the perspective I had for my own career, for my own game, because I was also playing for India. They showed trust in me. I was the only retained player in 2011. And they kind of built the team around.”
Shedding light on the arrival of two of RCB’s Hall of Famers, Kohli said, “Then the involvement of like AB, Chris Gayle, all the iconic players that have played for so many years, very naturally, they also started feeling all those pressures and all the expectations. And hence, the care comes from the fact that when you have kind of given so much of yourself, you know, to one team, because it’s demanding so much out of you, to be honest, like the expectations have been sky high always. So when people give so much of their own being to something, there is a very genuine and natural care and an emotional connection.”
He concluded by saying, “I felt that impact probably more than anyone over the course of 18 years, till the last year we won the trophy. And I think all those emotions, all those feelings came out in a form of just being on my knees and just holding my hands and saying, thank you, that I could experience this before I stopped playing.”
