"Approached To Put My Name In IPL Auction": Why Virat Kohli Chose Loyalty Over Money

For 17 years, Virat Kohli's name has been synonymous with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The 34-year-old had joined the franchise as an 18-year-old ahead of the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008. Since then, the RCB icon has been true and loyal to the franchise despite the Bengaluru-based franchise yet to win an IPL title. In fact, even in the ongoing season, Kohli tops the scoring charts of IPL 2024, but RCB occupy the bottom spot in the points table. However, Kohli continues to give his all for the franchise despite setbacks over the years.

A couple of years back, Kohli had explained what RCB means to him and why he has not joined any other team despite getting lucrative offers.

"Virat I know you love RCB just as much as RCB loves you. Even for a moment, for a second, while playing this IPL, have you ever wondered is the grass greener on the other side?," Kohli was asked on a video uploaded on RCB's YouTube channel.

Kohli shed light on why his loyalty towards RCB is bigger than winning an IPL trophy.

"To be very honest I have thought about it, yes I won't shy away from it and I've been approached many times as well to come into the auction somehow, put my name in there and stuff. And then I thought about it I was like at the end of the day everyone has X number of years they live right and then you die and then life moves on. And there would have been many great people who want trophies and this that blah blah blah but no one addresses you in the room like "Oh he's an IPL champion" or "he's a World Cup champion," Kohli had revealed.

In simple words of Virat Kohli, Loyalty matters the most to me !! pic.twitter.com/0tpr4aA6Pk

"And it's like if you're a good person, people like you and if you're a bad guy, they