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May 25, 2024
With RCB bowing out of the IPL 2024, Virat Kohli will be seen in action during the T20 World Cup, starting June 2 in the Americas.
India great and former RCB captain Virat Kohli recently revealed his post-retirement plans, saying that he would take a long break after he finished playing cricket. In a recent chat with his IPL franchise, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Kohli suggested that as a sportsperson, he doesn’t want to have any regrets once he has finished playing the game. However, former England captain Michael Vaughan has made a sensational claim regarding Kohli’s future, saying that the star batter might retire from the sport earlier than expected.
“A brilliant season. You talk about retirement with Virat Kohli, I look at this in a way that he can play for long. He is that fit. Unless his mind goes and he’s obviously got a young family now. In two-three years’ time, everything changes, and he just wants to spend quiet time; I completely get that,” Vaughan said on Cricbuzz.
Kohli missed the five-match Test series against England earlier this year to have his second child. He and his wife, Anushka Sharma, welcomed a baby boy in February 2024.
The 35-year-old decided to skip the series to spend time with his wife and kids in London. Vaughan points out the recent changes in his life, and he feels Kohli’s priorities have shifted ever since the birth of his second child, Akaay.
“During his time away from the India vs England Test series, I believe he went to London and led a normal life. I’ve read a few of his comments and quotes and he just absolutely adored that normal life. I think that may take Virat away from cricket, like he just wants to go and have a quiet time for a while,” he added.
Kohli, who made his India debut in 2008, is regarded by many as the most excellent batter of his generation.
He ended the IPL 2024 season as the leading wicket-taker with 741 runs in 15 matches. He had a rare failure with the bat in the Eliminator, as RCB was knocked out of the IPL 2024.
Kohli will now be seen in action during the T20 World Cup, starting June 2 in the Americas.
The Eliminator between his Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals ended up being Dinesh Karthik’s swansong.
A very important player’s career came to an end with Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s exit from the IPL 2024—Dinesh Karthik. When he emerged in the Indian cricket scene, Karthik was seen as a very talented wicketkeeper-batter. However, with the rise of MS Dhoni, Karthik went into the shadows. But then, his persistence paid off, and he made a comeback into the Indian team during the latter stages of his career. In the IPL, he was featured on teams like Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.
But his recent exploits were in RCB colors. In fact, he made a comeback into the 2022 T20 World Cup team after some terrific performances for RCB.
“RCB have been extraordinary. I think RCB basically means the fans. There is nothing else I can think of, when I think of RCB. Yes, Virat Kohli is a very, very big name. Very large part of RCB. But I think the fans are even bigger than that. Literally, because the amount of love I received.
Sometimes I feel the 2022 T20 World Cup, when I did get picked, it was due to the RCB fans. There was such a huge wave of people saying,” Dinesh Karthik said in a video posted by RCB on X. The interview is being talked about on social media as Karthik’s ‘last interview’ as an IPL player.
“I will never forget it. To make a comeback at the age of 37, when I had not played international cricket for quite a log time before that, I really feel RCB and RCB fans played a very important part in me making a comeback and representing India at the World Cup. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as state have been at loggerheads. In cricket there have been massive rivalry.
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