Batting legend Virat Kohli has picked his all-time Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) XI before the upcoming IPL season. However, Kohli returns to action on March 28 as RCB begin their title defence against the SunRisers Hyderabad at home as well. In a viral video, Kohli was asked to name his best RCB XI, and he shared a combination of six batters, two frontline seamers, one all-rounder, and one spinner as well.
“I would say Gayle and myself to open AB at three. Okay, let me get the four overseas out of the way. AB, Chris, and Mitchell Starc, because he played for us. The 4th overseas player for me would be, I think, Dale (Steyn), because I would like the bowling to be even stronger in that XI. So yeah, you got two seamers; you got Chris, myself and AB,” Virat Kohli said in a video posted by RCB.
He also shared the names of KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Harshal Patel, Anil Kumble and Yuzvendra Chal to complete his playing XI.
“At four, I would have KL (Rahul). He had an amazing season, I think, batting at four for us. Five, I would say, give five to Rajat (Patidar), maybe, because he plays spin amazingly well and he’s one of the best Indian talents that we’ve had. Six would be Dinesh (Karthik), for sure, and Yuzi (Yuzvendra Chahal) at 11 for his batting ability. Now I’ve got seven and eight left, right? Anil Bhai (Kumble) at eight – wow, that would be an unbelievable 11. Okay, I’ll go Harshal (Patel), with his little bit of batting ability as well. And he fits in as the perfect third seamer; he’s been bowling in different phases,” he added.
He picked himself to open with Chris Gayle at the top.
Virat Kohli’s all-time RCB XI: Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Harshal Patel, Anil Kumble, Mitchell Starc, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal
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