Come 19 th of this month, Indian players will be seen resuming competitive cricket after a long hiatus. The net sessions have begun, social media conversations are multiplying, and the broadcaster build-ups are ramping up. Unprecedented circumstances have resulted in matches being played in empty stadiums and would be remarkably interesting to see how crowd-puller teams/players react. This is in addition to the mental fatigue of isolation and pressures of competing within a bubble for over a month and half. Tough characters or marquee players in the teams would be required to drive the rest, in addition to executing skills on the field. No bigger character in Indian cricket at the moment than Virat Kohli to demonstrate how it can be done. He has been leading one of the more popular IPL teams – Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for a while now and would be keen to have a go at the trophy one more time. RCB is the third major team other than Delhi Capitals (DC) (previously Delhi Dared...
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