Former Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli mentioned in an RCB podcast revealed that he merely couldn’t fathom the quantity that he received signed for within the Indian Premier League (IPL) draft in 2008 the place he was picked up by the Bengaluru-based franchise.
“We were all in Malaysia for the U-19 World Cup. I remember the day when the drafts were happening. The U19 dynamic was a little different. That was the only time where I saw a restriction on how much you can be picked for if you haven’t played for India,” Kohli mentioned whereas talking to Danish Sait in a podcast for RCB.
“So that for us, I bear in mind even that second for us was so wonderful. Because of the quantity that we received picked for after they introduced it, we could not consider it as a result of it was completely loopy,” he added.
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“There was one dialog the place I heard from people who the Delhi staff was to go after me however the dynamic of their staff was such that they went for Pradeep Sangwan, who was a left-arm seamer. An wonderful bowler, at the moment he was our greatest bowler within the U-19 staff. So Delhi determined to go for him as a result of they wished the bowling power,” he mentioned.
The 2011 World Cup winner led the Royal Challengers Bangalore for 9 seasons from 2013 to 2021 and he has been retained by the three-time finalists for IPL 2022 although he won’t be main this time.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
