RCB Star reveals thoughts in the intensive period between 2016-19

Ever felt like seeing Virat Kohli in a franchise other than RCB? Well, that is never happening, one can just be sure of that. The 36-year-old has spent 18 years with the team, and now there is no looking back. In the new RCB podcast, Kohli revealed, that he did think about it in his peak years, but then decided against it.

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“I’ve told this before. I’ve had this opportunity to explore, to look elsewhere, especially in the peak years of my career. From 2016-19, I had these constant suggestions to switch.. At one point it did become really tough for me because there was too much happening in my career. I was captaining India for a period of 7-8 years, was captaining RCB for 9 year. There were expectations from me from the batting perspective, every game I played.

“I did not have the sense, that attention was off me. I was always in the space where I didn’t know ‘what to do’? I was exposed to it 24×7 and it got really tough on me. I decided, if I wanted to be in this place, I needed to be happy. I wanted to be in space where I could just play my cricket, without being judged,” he told Mayanti Langer in the podcast.

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Furthermore, he discussed, why RCB is his home, no matter what. In fact, he just made it clear that he would end his career at RCB only. “I wouldn’t say I was tempted, but I did think about it. I also asked myself the question ‘what is more valuable to me’. ‘I won a lot of things in my career for India. I have won a lot of accolades as well’.

“So I had to take a call. ‘Do I want to go into a new setup and figure out life again’. So that is when I realised that the relationship is more valuable to me, and also the mutual respect that has been created over the so many years. And now I’m just gonna see it through. Whether we win or don’t win, it’s fine. This is my home.”