IPL 2022: RCB’s Virat Kohli reveals AB de Villiers & Chris Gayle changed his game Virat Kohli has become a batting masterclass for a decade. In an interview ahead of IPL 2022, Kohli expressed what made the player that he has become today. He credited watching AB de Villiers & Chris Gayle mid-2011 season changed his game for the better. The duo had a huge impact on Kohli who has spent all his career at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Follow IPL 2022 latest updates on InsideSport.IN
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“For me the game changed when AB [De Villiers] was bought in 2011 and Chris [Gayle] was signed mid-season 2011,” Virat Kohli told RCB.
“You know the bowlers thinking when he is running into bowl. Three of these guys, if two bat together, it’s trouble for us,” he added.
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- The Royal Challengers has seen Virat grow from a teenager to become the biggest sporting icon in the country.
- Kohli, who is the highest run-scorer of IPL, had scored just two half-centuries till 2010 after IPL debut in 2008.
- He had already slammed 5 ODI tons ahead of the 2011 IPL season but he smashed his maiden T20I fifty in 2012.
- Virat Kohli is the only batsman to have scored 6000+ runs in IPL. AB De Villiers has also surpassed 5000 runs while Chris Gayle is just 50 runs short of the 5K mark.
IPL 2022: RCB’s Virat Kohli reveals AB de Villiers & Chris Gayle changed his game in 2011 in journey to batting masterclass
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