'Loyalty matters than worldly pleasures': Virat Kohli vows to play for RCB till his last day in IPL

Sharjah, Oct 12: Virat Kohli's last game as captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL) ended in a heartbreaking loss to Kolkata Knight Riders as Royal Challengers Bangalore were knocked out of the ongoing T20 league.

 

 

Kohli had announced that IPL 2021 will be his last season as the captain of RCB, having already revealed that he will step down as the skipper of the Indian team in the shortest format of the game after the upcoming T20 World Cup.

 

 

The 32-year-old expects the new leadership group in Royal Challengers Bangalore to maintain the "culture" of giving opportunities to youngsters for playing expressive cricket as his innings as captain of the side ended without an IPL trophy.

 

 

"I have tried my best to create a culture here where youngsters could come in and play expressive cricket and belief. It is something I have done with Indian team level as well. I have given my best. I don't know how the response has been of that, but I can vouch for the fact that I have given 120% to this franchise every year leading the team, which is something I will now do as a player," Kohli said at the post-match presentation.

 

 

Kohli promised to stay with the team as a player because "loyalty" is everything for him. "Yes definitely, I don't see myself playing anywhere else. To me loyalty matters more to me than other things which from the worldly point of view seem more important. This franchise has believed in me and as I said my commitment is to this franchise till the last day till I play in the IPL," Kohli signed off.