New Delhi: He played domestic cricket, established himself in the Delhi jersey. But he was never seen in the IPL with the Delhi Daredevils or the later renamed Delhi Capitals. Why? Why didn’t Delhi take home boy Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) in the team?

Virat Kohli has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since the start of the IPL. However, every year a question must arise that why the native son of Delhi Virat Kohli was not selected in the Delhi team in the first season of IPL? Now former Indian cricketer and former Delhi captain Virender Sehwag has opened the veil of this mystery. During the IPL commentary, Sehwag revealed why Delhi didn’t buy Virat Kohli in the first season of the IPL.

Speaking on ‘Champions Wally Commentary’ on Jio Hotstar, Virender Sehwag revealed why Delhi Daredevils chose fast bowler Pradeep Sangwan over Virat Kohli in the first season of IPL (IPL 2008). Sehwag said, “I remember. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Shikhar Dhawan were in our team at Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2008. They were both openers, but we made them bat at number three and five, because Gautam Gambhir and I used to open the innings. Manoj Tiwary batted at number four. We had a lot of top-order batsmen in our team, and it was becoming difficult to fit them all in the batting order. At that time, Virat Kohli was also batting at number three or four, so we didn’t have room to bring him into the team. We were short of a bowler, so we decided to replace Kohli with Pradeep Sangwan.”

Like Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan and Gautam Gambhir Virat Kohli too The home team was Delhi, but Delhi Daredevils did not buy Virat in IPL 2008. Virat is part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and is also playing for RCB in IPL 2026. This is the 19th consecutive season that Virat has been part of RCB. This is an IPL record. No other player has spent so long with a franchise. Virat has also now made it clear that he IPLHe will stay with RCB till his last match.





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