Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season opener, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman Virat Kohli opens the match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), And said it would be “nice” to work with legendary cricketer MS Dhoni if ​​he could catch up. Kohli is the fastest run-getter ever in the IPL. In 237 matches and 229 innings, the India talisman batsman scored 7263 runs at an average of 37.24 and a strike rate of 130.02. His best score is 113 points. He has scored 7 centuries in his IPL career, the most by a batsman with 50 fifties.

In a recent episode of RCB Daring Diaries, Kohli said that he has known Dhoni for “some time”.

The former India captain said it was “great” to be able to play in front of the “enthusiastic” CSK fans at the iconic Chepauk Stadium. He also added that the 2024 IPL season opener will be a “big game”.

“Playing against Chennai is obviously always a special occasion, an important game. You know, they call it the Southern Derby. Yeah, it’s great to play in front of very passionate Chennai fans and yeah it’s nice to be able to Catching up with MS Dhoni, it’s been a while,” Kohli said.

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Last season, the 35-year-old batsman was the fourth-highest run-scorer, amassing 639 runs at an average of 53.25 and a strike rate of 139.82. His best score is 101*. The 35-year-old hit two hundreds and six fifties but failed to lead the team into the playoffs.

IPL Season 17 will kick off on Friday with defending champions Chennai taking on Bengaluru FC in a southern derby at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

RCB Lineup:Faf du Plessis (C), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzari Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Locke Ferguson, Swapni Singh and Saurav Chauhan.