New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL), which started in 2008, knows what it has given to cricket, as well as indian cricket has got such new faces from the IPL, who are bringing laurels to the country today. However, when the IPL started, a player was on the verge of becoming a big player. We are talking about former Team India captain Virat Kohli, the year the IPL started, the same year virat won the under-19 world cup as a captain. Virat had started coming into the news.
When there was talk of taking players for the IPL, everyone felt that Virat was from Delhi, then the Delhi team would take him. But that did not happen and Pradeep Sangwan was included in the team in place of Virat. It was a surprising decision for all cricket pundits. But now Virat Kohli has broken his silence on why the Delhi team did not believe him.
In an interview, Virat said that when the draft was being prepared for the players, Delhi contacted him and said that we want to have you in the team. But when the final list came out, my name was not in it, it was like a shock to me. However, it was later revealed that they have taken our Under-19 pacer Pradeep Sangwan into the team, as he had to strengthen his fast bowling'. Kohli said that after the incident, he was crying for a long time. Let us know that later Kohli joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and played many memorable innings for the team.
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