Virat Kohli arrives in Bengaluru for ‘RCB Unbox’ event

BENGALURU: Former Indian and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli arrived in Bengaluru on Saturday to attend the RCB Unbox event which will take place tomorrow.

RCB shared a picture of Virat Kohli on their social media handle to announce Virat Kohli’s arrival in Bengaluru. “The wait is over and Virat Kohli is in Bengaluru! Happy HOMECOMING, KING! #PlayBold #RCB #IPL2023 @imVkohli.”

The wait is over and Virat Kohli is in Bengaluru!

Happy HOMECOMING, KING! #PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/13rZ1oHWfz

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 25, 2023

The wait is over and Virat Kohli is in Bengaluru!

Happy HOMECOMING, KING! #PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/13rZ1oHWfz

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 25, 2023

RCB unbox event will be a great opportunity for the fans to see their favourite stars like Faf Du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar etc in the team’s first practice session. Along with this, the official jersey for the upcoming edition of the IPL will also be unveiled. As former RCB teammates, Ab de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli reunite yet again. Their reunion will be more than special as Kohli’s former teammates will be inducted into the RCB Hall of fame.

De Villiers represented the side from 2011-2021 in 157 matches. He scored 4,522 runs at an average of 41.10. He scored two centuries and 37 fifties for the side at a strike rate of over 158. While, Gayle represented RCB from 2011-17 in 91 matches, scoring 3,420 runs at a strike rate of over 154 and five centuries and 21 half-centuries. His best score is 175*.

RCB will start their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season with a match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at their home arena, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Last year, RCB qualified for playoffs and finished fourth in the competition after losing to Rajasthan Royals in qualifier 2 by seven wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad strength: 25 players (overseas 8)

Players bought during IPL 2023 auction:  Reece Topley (INR 1.9 crore), Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Will Jacks (INR 3.2 crore), Manoj Bhandage (INR 20 lakh), Rajan Kumar (INR 70 lakh), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh).

Players retained: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep. (ANI)