Virat Kohli has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since the beginning of IPL. However, every year a question arises that why was Delhi’s local boy Virat Kohli not included in the Delhi team in the first season of IPL? Now former Indian cricketer and Delhi captain Virender Sehwag has exposed this secret. During commentary in IPL, Sehwag revealed why Delhi did not buy Virat Kohli in the first season of IPL.
While talking on ‘Commentary with Champions’ on GeoHotstar, Virender Sehwag explained why Delhi Daredevils had selected fast bowler Pradeep Sangwan instead of Virat Kohli in the first season of IPL (IPL 2008). Sehwag said, “I remember. Shikhar Dhawan was also in our team along with Tillakaratne Dilshan in Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2008. They were both openers, but we used to make them bat at number three and five, because Gautam Gambhir and I used to open the innings. Manoj Tiwari batted at number four. There were a lot of top-order batsmen in our team, and it was difficult to fit all of them in the batting order. At that time Virat Kohli He was also batting at number three or four, so we did not have space to bring him. We were short of a bowler, so we decided to bring Pradeep Sangwan instead of Kohli.”
Let us tell you that like Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan and Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli’s home team was Delhi, but Delhi Daredevils did not buy Virat in IPL 2008. Virat became a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and is also playing for RCB in IPL 2026. This is the 19th consecutive season when Virat is a part of RCB. This is a record of IPL. No other player has spent so long with any franchise. Virat has also now made it clear that he will remain associated with RCB till his last match in IPL.
