SMG hails Kohli despite not being able to win title

Sunil Gavaskar. Pic/AFP

Virat Kohli has given Royal Challengers Bangalore the kind of profile that very few cricketers can give even though he couldn't end his leadership stint the way he would have liked, felt the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.

Kohli's dream of winning an IPL title with RCB ended in heartbreak after Kolkata Knight Riders beat them by four wickets in the eliminator on Monday.

Gavaskar said not all scripts are written in the manner players want them to. "He has given RCB that kind of profile, that brand recognition that very [few] cricketers have given to their franchise," Gavaskar told Star Sports. The former India captain compared Kohli's last match as RCB skipper with Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar farewells.

"Everybody wants to finish on a high. But these things never always happen according to your or fans' wishes. "Look at what happened to Sir Don Bradman. Just four runs were needed in his last innings and he gets out for a zero.

"Sachin Tendulkar would have wanted to finish with a hundred, he got 79 [Tendulkar scored 74] in Mumbai, his 200th Test match," Gavaskar added.

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