Superstar Virat Kohli

They won 8 matches on the trot, and the championship as well. Now it's up to Virat's team, nominally also from Bangalore but containing none from that in playing XI, to do the same if they are to stay alive in IPL this year.

Virat Kohli has become the first player to be crowned the world's leading cricketer for a third successive year by Wisden.