India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has requested his fans. That they stop calling him ‘King’ because they find it embarrassing.
Virat Kohli shared these thoughts during Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)’s unbox event, where the Indian Premier League (IPL) side unveiled their jersey for the upcoming season. HD Live Sports
“First of all, you have to stop calling me that word [King]. Please call me Virat Kohli. Don’t call me that word [King], I was just saying to Faf du Plessis. That’s when you call me that word. So I feel embarrassed every year,” Kohli said at the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Inbox event on Tuesday.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will begin their 2024 IPL campaign against Chennai Super Kings on March 22 at the Chepauk stadium.
The final of IPL is scheduled to be held on May 26. With just five days to go before the start of the men’s T20 World Cup in America and the Caribbean on June 1.
Due to the upcoming elections in India, only the schedule for the first two weeks has been announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The remainder of the fixture would be announced in due course.
The teams are divided into two groups of five with 14 group games for each side. They face the teams in their group once and the other group twice (home and away). The results are compiled in one table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudesai. Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomrur, Karan Sharma, Manoj Bhandge, Mayank Duggar, Vijay Kumar Veshak, Akash Ray Mohammed. Siraj Deep, Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzari Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Karan, Loki Ferguson, Swapnal Singh, Sourav Chauhan.