3 RCB Players Who Have Become Superstars Of Indian Cricket

Virat Kohli is the biggest superstar to emerge from RCB (Source:@ImTanujSingh/X.com)Virat Kohli is the biggest superstar to emerge from RCB (Source:@ImTanujSingh/X.com)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru is one of the most high-profile teams in the IPL and some big players have played for the franchise over the year. They have also produced some quality international and domestic players over the years, and are one of the most followed franchises in the IPL despite not winning a single trophy.

Also, the Indian Premier League is a platform to groom young Indian players and provide them with experience of playing with the best of the game. RCB, over the years have produced some big superstars in Indian cricket just like many other franchises and here are the top three names who have sizzled at the international level from the franchise.

Virat Kohli

RCB and Virat Kohli are two inseparable assets. Kohli has been part of the franchise since the inaugural season as a 19-year-old and has gone onto become one of the finest ever to play the game. He is not only the face of RCB, but also of world cricket and has won India plenty of matches over the years.

His IPL performances have also been top notch over the years and he is the biggest star that the Bengaluru-based franchise has produced over the years. Virat Kohli has 81 hundreds at the international level and has eight centuries in the IPL as well, most by any player which makes him one of the greats of the game and RCB's biggest gift to world cricket.

Virat Kohli has also led India with great distinction across formats and is a superstar whose name will be written in golden letters in history of cricket.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal is another superstar whose growth as a cricketer can be credited to RCB. He played for the franchise from 2014 to 2021 and became their main weapon with the ball, picking wickets at regular intervals on a flat deck at Chinnaswamy. His performances in the IPL helped him gained place in the Indian team and he sizzled there too, picking 121 wickets in 72 ODIs and 96 wickets in 80 T20Is.

Chahal is also the leading wicket-taker in IPL with 205 wickets in 160 matches and is the second biggest star that RCB have produced after Virat Kohli.

Mohammed Siraj

The right-arm pacer from Hyderabad is another name that has grown in stature after his good performances for the franchise. Siraj played for RCB from 2018 to 2024 and was their premier pacer, a role he then went onto play for India quite a few times as well. He is now a regular for India across formats and has played for the country in 2023 World Cup and 2024 T20 World Cup.

He played big roles in India's historic series win in Australia in 2020-21 while he was the star for India in their 2023 Asia Cup win over Sri Lanka. Thus, Siraj is one of the superstars to emerge from RCB and shares a deep bond with their fans just like Virat Kohli and Yuzvendra Chahal.