IPL 2023: Best combined XI of CSK and RCB
These CSK and RCB players will form a terrific side that could wreck any IPL team.
3. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is serving Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) since 2008 in the T20 league. In more than 15 years of his association with Challengers, the batting icon has delivered a lot of match-winning knocks to his team. In the maiden IPL auction in 2008, the franchise signed him for his base price of INR 20 lakh, following his heroics in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2008.
The franchise spotted a spark in the young Kohli and included only him on their retention list for the 2011 IPL season. In return, the right-handed batter looked potent with his bat and became the second-leading run-getter in the competition, piling up 557 runs with four half-centuries in 16 matches at a strike rate of 121.08.
The team management handed him the captaincy mantle in 2013, going through his sensational batting figures. In 2016, the veteran-led from the front and took his team to the final of the tournament. With the bat, he amassed 973 runs in 16 games of the season at a strike rate of 152.03 and clinched the Orange Cap. Currently, Kohli is the highest run-getter in the league with 6903 runs in 229 matches at a strike rate of 129.63.
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