Talismanic Royal rivals Bengaluru (RCB) inclined Virat Kohli, Bengaluru's house grass against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against him in the most exciting environment to play an IPL game, he said. The RCB was at the IPL 2024 when the CSK in Bengaluru lastly met, and won 27 runs in an exciting game to enter the playoffs. Earlier this season, the two sides met at Ma Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and won 50 running of RCB. “Historically, I feel that we have the most intense games in Bengaluru I think Chennai Super Kings is a team. Because Chennai has Chennai fans – everywhere just yellow and cks fans.”
“But playing against the CSK in Bengaluru is something else, because many Chennai fan comes to Bengaluru. CSK fans are traveling a lot of travel, so they buy a very early tickets and take over some of the stadium.”
“So there is an intense atmosphere in the stadium in Bengaluru against CSK. And then the game is very intense and competitive. This is the most exciting part of the environment.” He said.
Kohli, who had 443 runs so far in IPL 2025, recalled that it was in the opening IPL season in 2008, reminding his excitement and surreal experiences. “The first year was exciting for the things that happened. We didn't play the T20 jack. Second, franchise cricket, we allowed us to play with different players from all over the world.
“And when the auction took place, we were in Malaysia, we were in Kuala Lumpur, and we were sold as first -class cricketists who were limited to RS 20 Lakh. We went crazy in the corridor – 'RS 20 Lakh!' That was the emotion behind it because we didn't know what to expect – the opening ceremony, the experience of meeting the great jackers – surreal.
“This was a long journey – a journey that we saw, developed and became an incredible show. To be honest, I have never thought that when the IPL started, I could reach a scene like this.
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