Virat was under pressure in the first IPL 2008 match: playing against a close friend was tough.

Today is the biggest league in the cricket world, this league started in 2008. Where the first match of the league was played on 18 April 2008, the match took place between KKR vs RCB. Now Virat Kohli has made a big disclosure about this first match and you will be surprised to hear this revelation.

Virat Kohli narrated the story of the first match of IPL 2008

Star Sports has shared a video on his social media, in this video Virat Kohli is seen talking about IPL 2008. Virat said during this time that- I had never played cricket in front of such a crowd to watch the first match of IPL 2008, nor did I see innings like Brendon McCullum. During this time, the funniest thing was that, I and Ishant played a lot of cricket together and I batted a lot against him. But when Ishant was bowling against me the first match of IPL 2008, it seemed that this separate level bowler was bowling me. Virat further said that- that pressure was due to the atmosphere, I felt that I would not be able to kill against Ishant and this was due to the atmosphere. Then I understood what the pressure is and what such an environment means.

Virat Kohli made a statement in this interview

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆!

“The atmosphere, the pressure, the crowd.” @imvkohli Opens up on his first taste of ipl cricket in front of a full stadium 🤯

Dive Deeper Into Virat Kohli’s IPL Journey in 18 Calling 18 Ft. Virat Kohli, Only on Jiohotstar!#Iplonjiostar, pic.twitter.com/ykhukpv5i3

– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) April 18, 2025

What was the score card of that first match?

In the first match of IPL 2008, the KKR team batted first, during which the Kolkata team scored 222 runs. Also, Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs off 73 balls for KKR. At the same time, RCB, who came out to chase the target, was dismissed by just 82 runs and Kolkata won the match by 140 runs. Since then, T20 cricket had got a new identity, as well as this league proved to be a boon for young players and now young players are playing international cricket through IPL.

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RCB team could not win the trophy till date

*RCB team has not been able to name the trophy in IPL till date.
*The team could not win this title even under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
*On the other hand Virat Kohli is not going to leave the RCB team.
*So far, Kohli has played IPL only and only from RCB.