Virat Kohli played his first IPL match in 2008 for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Kolkata Knight Riders and today, he will be playing his 200th match for the franchise. However, a day before his milestone game, Kohli announced that he'd be stepping down as RCB captain as soon as the second leg of IPL 2021 ends. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kohli was appointed as the captain of Bangalore in 2013. Here's the journey of how the Bangalore-based franchise has fared over the last 8 years under the leadership of King Kohli. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 2013, Virat Kohli-led RCB team finished 5th on the points table. Royal Challengers won 9 matches & lost 7 in the 6th edition of the Indian Premier League. However, King Kohli scored 634 runs in the season, averaging 45.28 with a strike rate of 138.73. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 2014 edition of the IPL was a rather forgetful one for Kohli's team. They finished seventh on the points table, winning 5 and losing 9 of their 14 matches. Virat Kohli as a batter too had an underwhelming season. In 14 innings, he managed to score 359 runs averaging 27.61, and a strike rate of 122.10. He managed to get two fifty-plus scores this season. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 2015, RCB managed to reach the playoffs. They won the eliminator but were defeated in Qualifier 2 by MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings. Virat Kohli had a good season with the bat where he scored 505 runs with an average of 45.90. He hit three half-centuries this season and remained not out in 5 out of 16 matches. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
2016 can be unarguably termed as Virat Kohli's best season to date for RCB - both as a captain and as a player. In this edition, RCB finished as runners-up. In the league stage, they finished second as well with 8 wins and 6 losses. Kohli in this season was stellar as a batter, scoring 973 runs, which is the highest by any player in a single season. He scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries in this season, asserting his dominance. Kohli finished IPL 2016 with a staggering 81.08 average. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
If the previous season was the best for Captain Kohli, the 2017 edition can be termed as his worst. RCB finished last in the points table, winning mere 3 matches out of the 14 matches they played. Batter Kohli was also ineffective; he missed the first four matches due to a shoulder injury. Kohli managed to score just 308 runs with four 50+ scores, and an ordinary average of 30.80. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
2018 was another ordinary season for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. They finished at the 6th spot in the points table, with 6 wins & 8 losses. Virat Kohli scored 530 runs in 14 innings averaging 48.18. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
2019 was yet another forgettable season for RCB. They won just 5 matches and lost 8, finishing last in the points table. Kohli as a batter wasn't at his best as well, he scored 464 runs in 14 innings with an ordinary average of 33.14.<\/p>\r\n\r\n