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Virat Kohli reveals his reaction after RCB signed him in IPL 2008 auction

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Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli has revealed that Delhi Daredevils were very close to signing him in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in 2008. Kohli also opened up on his reaction, when Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the race for his signature.

On Tuesday, Virat spoke to ‘The RCB Podcast’, wherein he lifted the lid on his reaction after teams battled it out to land Virat Kohli ahead of the first season of IPL. The 33-year-old revealed that he was in Malaysia at the time, alongside his U-19 teammates for the U-19 World Cup.

Recalling how he and his teammates were following the IPL draft at the time, Kohli said, “We were in Malaysia for the U-19 World Cup and the drafts were happening. The U-19 dynamic was a little different because we very rightly so had a money cap. That was the only time when I saw a restriction on how much you could be picked for if you haven’t played for India, of course. Even that moment for us was very amazing, I remember. The amount that we got picked for when they revealed it, we were like, we couldn’t believe it. We went absolutely crazy.”

The Delhi-born batsman also revealed that he had heard people talking that the Delhi franchise were also very interested in him, but ultimately they opted to sign Pradeep Sangwan while he joined RCB for 50,000 US$.

Virat also added that he later realized that the decision proved to be one of the most ‘impactful moment’ of his life, in hindsight.

“There was one conversation from people that Delhi team is interested to go after me but then the dynamic of their squad turned out to be so that they picked Pradeep Sangwan, who was a left-arm seamer, at that time he was our best bowler in the U19 team,” he recalled.

“So Delhi decided to go with him because they wanted to strengthen their bowling and then RCB picked me which in hindsight I feel was such an impactful moment in my life which I didn’t realise at that time but now when I look back things would have been very different from what they are now and I would not have it any other way than this,” stated Virat Kohli.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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