THE 2016
Virat Kohli will surely go down as an IPL great, but one that never won the trophy as
captain. Kohli, who captained RCB for 8 years before stepping down after the 2021 season,
came close to lifting the IPL crown in 2016, when RCB reached the final but lost to
Sunrisers Hyderabad in the summit clash. Kohli had burned up the charts with 973 runs, which
is still a record for the most runs in a single season by an individual, but RCB stumbled in
the final hurdle as they fell short of SRH’s total of 208 by just 8 runs. "The 2016 final
which I played with RCB was something I was just shattered about. Because I know how much it
meant to RCB to win that final. It was at home at Chinnaswamy. RCB had played so well all
year, at the backend of that tournament in particular. Virat in particular was on fire. It
was his chance, one of the greatest players, to win that elusive IPL title as captain. And
bowling that one over just shattered me. It just got it wrong and I felt like the end of
time," Watson said on the Delhi Capitals podcast.
