DTVHINDI‘Sign this contract’ KL Rahul told how Virat Kohli had offered him to play for RCB team
Rahul started his IPL career in 2013 while playing for RCB. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter KL Rahul may be captaining Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the ongoing IPL season, but he started his IPL career by playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 2013 season. So now Rahul has shared the information about joining the RCB team with the cricket fans. Rahul has told how Virat Kohli had offered him to play for RCB. However, Rahul was released from the team by RCB after just one season. But after this, before joining Lucknow Super Giants, he had performed amazingly for teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. This is how KL Rahul was associated with RCB Let us tell you that regarding joining the RCB team and his IPL journey, KL Rahul said through a video uploaded on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel – Virat Kohli (ITC Gardenia) was there and head coach Ray Jennings and support staff were present there. . Virat just told me there that would you like to sign this contract and play for RCB? I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ Then Virat Kohli told me – I am just joking. There are no options here, just sign this contract. I signed this contract and then Virat said that it would be an exciting ride. You will enjoy the next few months with the team. The things I learned during those two months of IPL while I was at RCB, I can say that it would have taken me 7-8 seasons to learn in a Ranji season. I gained a lot of knowledge and experience in those two months. After this I moved forward quite rapidly. Rahul further said- I would love to play for RCB because I started from there, and I want to finish the IPL there. But the beauty of IPL is that you get a chance to play with different players in different teams.
Former PCB chief Zaka Ashraf’s big statement – ‘I had offered Babar Azam to remain the captain in red ball cricket’
After Cricket World Cup 2023, Babar had to leave the captaincy of Pakistan cricket team. Babar Azam (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Zaka Ashraf has recently given a big statement saying that he had offered former captain Babar Azam to remain the captain in red ball cricket. However, after this Babar rejected this offer, and said that I would rather be removed from the captaincy position in every format than be the captain in one format. It is noteworthy that after Pakistan cricket team could not reach the playoffs in the ICC Cricket World 2023 held in India, Babar Azam had resigned from the captaincy of all three formats of Pakistan cricket team. But now news is coming that Pakistan Cricket Board wants Babar Azam to take command of the team again in white ball cricket by replacing Shaheen Afridi. Zaka Ashraf gave a big statement Let us tell you that Cricketpakistan.pk. Zaka Ashraf was quoted as saying about Babar Azam – I offered to keep Babar Azam as the captain for red ball cricket, but we wanted to appoint a new captain for white ball cricket. He responded by saying that if he was removed as captain in one format, he would step down from captaincy in all formats. Ashraf further said- After this I suggested him (Babar Azam) that you should focus more on playing as a player for the Pakistan cricket team. It was obviously clear that dealing with the pressure of captaincy was quite challenging for Babar Azam. On the other hand, if we give you information about Pakistan cricket team, it is going to host New Zealand cricket team in a five-match T20 series very soon. The first match of the series will be played in Rawalpindi on 18 April.
