Virat Kohli Names The Fastest Runner Between The Wickets

IPL 2023: The approaching season of the Indian Premier League is now less than 10 days away from its beginning. The highly-anticipated IPL season is scheduled to kick off on March 31 with an electrifying clash between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. The encounter between IPL heavyweights will take place in Ahmedabad and it promises to be a thriller. It will be a relatively long season of the India-based T20 competition this time around with the final occurring on May 28. 

Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore, which is one of the most popular IPL franchises, confirmed that their week-long training camp ahead of IPL 2023 will get underway on March 25. The Bangalore-based side had a decent outing last season as the team managed to make it into the playoffs comprehensively. RCB’s outing in IPL 2022 concluded with a defeat in the eliminator against Rajasthan Royals.

AB De Villiers has been the fastest I have run with: Virat Kohli

Meanwhile, RCB teammates AB De Villiers and Virat Kohli were engaged in a candid conversation on YouTube earlier today (March 21). De Villiers, who had Kohli as a guest on his brand-new YouTube show, asked some interesting questions to Kohli during the interaction. During the exact chat, the star Indian batter revealed that De Villiers has been the fastest batter that he has run with between the wickets.

“Ab de Villiers has been the fastest I have run with between the wickets. MS Dhoni was the quickest runner between the wickets after AB De Villiers. I and MS Dhoni had very good coordination, I didn’t even want to call while running.” said Virat Kohli during a YouTube chat with AB De Villiers

Virat Kohli further expressed his elite coordination with former Indian captain MS Dhoni. Kohli stated that Dhoni was the quickest runner between the wickets after the South African wicketkeeper batter. The Delhi-born cricketer continues to share a great bond with De Villiers, who was his teammate at RCB; and Dhoni, under whom he played a large number of International games.