DTVHINDIMI or KKR- which IPL team does Virat Kohli consider his arch enemy?
Virat Kohli has named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as his favourite IPL opponent ahead of Mumbai Indians (MI). Virat Kohli of RCB (Image Source: BCCI/IPL) Virat Kohli is an IPL legend and holds a special record of being the only player to represent the same franchise in every season. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman joined the franchise as a rookie in the 2008 draft. Despite his initial struggles, RCB backed Virat and retained him ahead of the IPL 2011 mega-auction. After that Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of RCB in 2013. Virat has been playing for RCB since 2008, so he has had a long rivalry with every opponent in the T20 league. While talking to Star Sports, Virat talked about IPL and picked his best opponent. Which IPL team does Virat Kohli consider his arch enemy? Virat has named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as his favorite IPL opponent ahead of Mumbai Indians (MI). Let us tell you that Virat was a part of the first IPL match played between RCB and KKR on 18 April 2008. The team captained by Sourav Ganguly scored a total of 222 runs and RCB was all out for 82 runs. Virat was out after scoring 1 run off 5 balls in that match. Kohli’s stats against Mumbai Indians Kohli played his first IPL match against Mumbai Indians on 20 April. He scored 23 runs off 14 balls and RCB achieved the target of 166 runs. At the same time, he has scored 855 runs in 33 matches against Mumbai Indians. Kohli has also scored five half-centuries against MI. Kohli’s stats against KKR Virat has played 34 matches against KKR and scored 962 runs. He has one century and six half-centuries to his name. Interestingly, RCB has never faced Mumbai Indians or KKR in the IPL final. Kohli’s IPL career The Indian legend is the highest run scorer in IPL. He has scored 8004 runs in 252 matches. Virat has 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries to his name. Virat has played 3 IPL finals with RCB, but has never won the trophy.
