Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-time best XI in IPL history

3. Virat Kohli

Talking of highest scoring batsman in IPL history and one has to look no further than the Indian captain. The flamboyant cricketer was the captain of the Indian team that won the 2008 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup and since then there has been no looking back for King Kohli. In 2008, Kohli was inducted in the RCB squad and started leading the side in the year 2013.

He is the only player to have played for the same team for each and every season of the IPL. Although Kohli hasn’t been able to inspire his team to earn the coveted IPL trophy, he has been very influential with the bat. With 5412 runs for RCB in the IPL, he is not only their all-time top scorer but is also the overall top scorer in IPL history. His 5412 runs have come at an average of 37.84 and a strike rate of 131.61 which is fantastic when you consider he started playing IPL cricket at the age of 19.

At the 2016 IPL, the Royal Challengers finished runners-up and Kohli broke the record for most runs in an IPL season (of 733 runs) by scoring 973 runs in 16 matches at an average of 81.08, winning the Orange Cap as well as Most Valuable Player Award. In the 2018 season, Kohli was retained by RCB for a price of 17 Crore INR, the highest for any player that year. Despite Rahul Dravid’s inclusion in this XI, Kohli will be leading the side.