KL Rahul spoke about how he joined his first IPL franchise, Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2012 at 19. Reflecting on his IPL career with R Ashwin, Rahul disclosed how cricketing great Virat Kohli and RCB team manager Avinash Vaidhya approached him. Rahul shared that Virat told him, "It's not an option, just sign this contract."