Mumbai
Virat Kohli feels if Royal Challengers Bangalore were crown champions for the first time in the coming seasons it would mean a lot to AB de Villiers, who would be the first person on the former captain’s mind after the triumph.
One of contemporary cricket’s greatest batters, de Villiers retired from all forms of the game in November last year. Since starting his association with RCB in 2011, the South African batting legend enjoyed 11 fruitful seasons with the franchise.
”The other day, it got me thinking, if we manage to win the title in the coming seasons, I would be very emotional thinking about him first,” Kohli, who had stepped down as captain after the 2021 season, said on RCB Bold Diaries.
”Rather than what I would experience after such hard work of so many years, I would actually think of him. ”It would still mean a lot to him even if he is watching the game from home. He is a special human being as he has touched everyone, and we all can vouch for that,” he added.
Kohli revealed that he had an inkling during the last IPL that de Villers was going to hang his boots.
