“Loyalty can’t be bought”: Fans react as Kevin Pietersen advices Virat Kohli to move to Delhi Capitals

Following Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) disappointing exit from the IPL 2023, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has recommended that RCB’s star batter, Virat Kohli, ought to take into account shifting to Delhi Capitals (DC) within the upcoming season.

RCB’s marketing campaign got here to an finish with a heartbreaking loss to Gujarat Titans (GT), leaving Kohli pissed off and disillusioned of their pursuit of their first IPL title. Regardless of Kohli’s magnificent century, scoring 101 off 61 balls, RCB didn’t defend their complete of 197 runs, permitting the Titans to chase it down with relative ease.

Kohli’s frustration was evident as he expressed his disappointment by hurling a bottle after RCB’s lack of ability to defend the difficult goal. In gentle of RCB’s elimination, Pietersen took to Twitter and suggested Kohli to make a transfer to the Capitals for future IPL seasons, stating, “Time for VIRAT to make the transfer to the capital metropolis…! #IPL.”

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Time for VIRAT to make the transfer to the capital metropolis…! #IPL

— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) May 22, 2023

This suggestion from Pietersen garnered combined reactions from cricket followers on the platform. Whereas some staunch RCB supporters criticized the previous England cricketer for proposing such a transfer, many inspired Kohli to think about the recommendation.

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Why not in CSK, he can change dhoni as a captain after dhoni retirement 🤦🏻‍♂️

— Ganesh Gurjar (@IamGaneshGurjar) May 22, 2023

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Virat is RCB and RCB is Virat. Loyalty cannot be purchased, KP.

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) May 22, 2023

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Ain’t taking place ever. Kohli can by no means be the one who would go away RCB only for trophy.

— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) May 22, 2023

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I would like Kohli in Delhi Capitals. However 💔

— Virat Kohli Worldwide (@ViratianTweets) May 22, 2023

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He ought to do it asap !

— NK (@Enigmatic__24) May 22, 2023

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Don’t assume he’ll transfer out of RCB but when that occurs, then Virat would possibly wish to be in CSK to proceed his IPL journey underneath his endlessly Captain Dhoni.

— Trilok Reddy (@3lok_cricketfan) May 22, 2023

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There isn’t any Loyalty when not successful turns into behavior

— Mr.Yadav (@MigTrader) May 22, 2023

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@RCBTweets this luccha administration will not give stability staff to virat .

— TopGun (@AlphaQaLLL) May 22, 2023

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By no means

— Shreyy 🥷 (@Sadly_shrey) May 22, 2023

It’s value noting that Kohli has been related to RCB for the reason that inception of the IPL in 2008. The 34-year-old holds the document for probably the most IPL matches performed for a single franchise, displaying his loyalty to RCB all through his IPL profession.