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#3 Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is one of the few cricketers who have been associated with just one team since the inception of IPL. He is donning the colors of Royal Challengers Bangalore since 2008. The Delhi lad was bought by the franchise for USD 30,00 in the first edition when he was a youngster who was coming up the ranks of Indian cricket. Year by year, he grew into stature and became the captain of the side from the year 2013.

Impact

RCB made it to the final of the league in 2009 where they lost to Deccan Chargers. He had indifferent first few seasons but was the only player retained by the franchise ahead of the 4th season. In 2013, he was the third highest run-getter in the league but his side missed out of a playoff spot by a narrow margin. In the season that followed, his side made it to the playoff and he was the premier contributor with the bat.

The best time of his IPL career arrived in 2016 where he scored 4 centuries in a single tournament and became the first batsman to do so. He notched up a massive 973 in 16 matches which is the most by a batsman in a single season. RCB made it to the final but lost to SRH. He is currently the second highest run-getter in the IPL history only behind Suresh Raina and did manage to overtake him on a couple of occasions in 2017.

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