Ahead of the IPL 2024 opener, Virat Kohli catches up with MS Dhoni

Ahead of the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season opener, the star batsman of team Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Virat Kohli, opened up on their clash against Chennai Super Kings and said that it would be “good” to catch up with the legendary cricketer MS Dhoni. 

Kohli is the highest run-getter in the IPL of all time. In 237 matches and 229 innings, the India talisman batter has scored 7263 runs at an average of 37.24 with a strike rate of 130.02. His best score is 113. He has scored seven centuries, most by a batter, and 50 fifties in his IPL career.

In a recent episode of RCB’s Bold Diaries, Kohli said that it’s been a “while” that he has met Dhoni.

Watch the video here.

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

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


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