IPL FINALLY DELIVERS FOR KING KOHLI AFTER OVERCOMING A CONFLICT

After the six-wicket win over Punjab Kings to end a dramatic, disrupted season for the world's richest franchise cricket league, Kohli slumped to his knees and cried. He retired from test cricket during the season, leaving his focus on the Twenty20 format at the IPL...

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Virat Kohli shed tears. Of joy. At last. Cricket's biggest star, known as “King Kohli” by his 300 million-plus followers on social media, was there in the infancy of the Indian Premier League in 2008 and had to wait 18 seasons to clinch the title with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. After the six-wicket win over Punjab Kings to end a dramatic, disrupted season for the world's richest franchise cricket league, Kohli slumped to his knees and cried. He retired from test cricket during the season, leaving his focus on the Twenty20 format at the IPL. “I have given everything to this franchise for the last 18 years,” the 36-year-old star batter said. “I never thought this moment would come.”

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A FINAL SCENE