Giving the Royal Challengers Bangalore a thumping victory over Mumbai Indians during the IPL 2023 opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 2 April, Virat Kohli has shown what mettle the team consists and what it can achieve.
After scoring a monstrous 82 runs in just 49 deliveries, Kohli while speaking to the media, said the Bengaluru side is a ‘big franchise’ which is why fans expect so much.
On being asked about RCB’s social media performance, Kohli said their team is miles ahead of everyone.
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“Our social media performance is miles ahead of everyone. Get a trophy there, then watch. You bring one social media trophy and see how RCB will win. No competition only. Two weeks into the tournament, we will win. Don’t need to play the last few games; 4-5 enough,” NDTV quoted Kohli as saying.
On team’s performance, Kohli said RCB is a big franchise and people have huge expectations. which proves, they aren’t a ‘faaltu‘ team.
“This is big franchise pressure. Lot of people take it as all fun and games like ‘This team doesn’t win’. Come and play, when there are so many expectations. We’re a big team. Otherwise why would we have so many so fans if we were some faaltu team,” added Kohli.
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