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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore's star batter came up with some interesting remarks for IPL ahead of the 2024 edition, crediting the T20 tournament's success to the strong "connect" between players and fans.

Kohli, who has made himself unavailable for the ongoing five-Test series against England due to personal reasons, is expected to be back for Royal Challengers Bangalore as they gear up for the tournament opener against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on March 22.

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"I absolutely love IPL, also because of the camaraderie you share, so many new players you play with, so many players that you've known for a long time who are not from your own country, whom you don't see often," the former RCB skipper told Star Sports.

"There's a reason why everyone loves IPL so much, as there's a connect, both for players and fans," Kohli added.

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Kohli further highlighted the limited interaction among players from different teams in various cricket tournaments, including those organised by the ICC global meets.

"You do play all your tournaments which is one team versus another. ICC tournaments come every now and then, but even in ICC tournaments, you don't interact with other players or see the other team, so often," he continued.

"But in IPL, you're probably meeting every team just every second or third day, and that's the beauty of IPL. You are playing in different conditions in a different city with a different team. Everybody has a different kind of determination at various stages of the tournament and such magical moments are being created," he added.

Kohli has been associated with RCB since IPL's inaugural season in 2008 and went on to play for them as a batter before getting full-time captaincy in the 2013 season.

The former Indian captain led the side until the 2021 season before announcing to step down, having played an instrumental role in their 2016 campaign where he led from the front and scored 973 runs on the back of four centuries and seven fifties to help them reach the final. 

RCB, then appointed Faf du Plessis as their new captain and they managed to go past the eliminator mark in the 2022 season and finished in the sixth place in the 2023 edition.

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