{"id":21469,"date":"2024-03-20T18:49:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=424761"},"modified":"2024-03-20T18:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:19:11","slug":"chennai-airport-crowded-with-rcb-fans-as-virat-kohli-arrives-for-ipl-2024-season-opener-against-csk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/chennai-airport-crowded-with-rcb-fans-as-virat-kohli-arrives-for-ipl-2024-season-opener-against-csk\/","title":{"rendered":"Chennai airport crowded with RCB fans as Virat Kohli arrives for IPL 2024 season opener against CSK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-id=\"3437c52f-661c-4a29-add1-da4b6f4c2465\">At the Chennai Airport, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team was greeted by large number of IPL supporters as they touched down in the southern city for the IPL 2024 opener.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Virat Kohli At Chepauk Airport \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RCBUnbox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RCBUnbox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPL2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IPL2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricketTwitter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CricketTwitter<\/a>\u202f\u202f\u202f<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FQbchz13Jm\">pic.twitter.com\/FQbchz13Jm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RCBIANS OFFICIAL (@RcbianOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RcbianOfficial\/status\/1770182597559083145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-id=\"3437c52f-661c-4a29-add1-da4b6f4c2465\">The fans chanted \u2018Kohli-Kohli\u2019 constantly and as soon as their beloved star player, Virat Kohli, emerged from the plane, they roared enthusiastically before the former Indian skipper boarded the bus leading the side to the hotel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Warm welcome for Champ Virat Kohli at Chennai International Airport! \ud83d\ude07<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPL2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IPL2024<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratGang?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratGang<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/weEkGMOYDk\">pic.twitter.com\/weEkGMOYDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ViratGang.in (@ViratGangIN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViratGangIN\/status\/1770161463262318677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"3437c52f-661c-4a29-add1-da4b6f4c2465\">It was only the beginning of what will be a spectacular display as RCB will take on five-time titleholders, Chennai Super Kings on March 22 at the M A Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium in Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"3437c52f-661c-4a29-add1-da4b6f4c2465\">Starry-eyed Kohli declared that the current IPL season may be the first time he lifts the trophy for RCB when addressing the audience regarding his intentions for the championship.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"3437c52f-661c-4a29-add1-da4b6f4c2465\">Kohli said, \u201cWe were watching as they picked it up,\u201d he said in reference to the Women\u2019s win during the tournament (WPL). \u201cLet\u2019s see if we can do a dual celebration. That would be awesome no?, to be truthful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"3437c52f-661c-4a29-add1-da4b6f4c2465\">Kohli declared his readiness to take the challenge and guide RCB to victory with his expertise and skills, making the dreams of millions of supporters and the organization possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Chennai Airport, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team was greeted by large number of IPL supporters as they touched\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":41940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3720],"class_list":["post-21469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-ipl-2024"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}