Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been one of the most highly rated sides in the IPL over all these seasons. However, nobody gave them much of a chance after they named Rajat Patidar as the skipper ahead of the 2025 season. Proving everybody wrong, the skipper led RCB to their maiden IPL title, which the likes of Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli couldn't.
Virat Kohli, the Indian batting legend, has retired from Tests and T20Is and only features in the 50-over format. Featuring in one format has remarkably reduced his workload and helped him to hit his prime once again.
Former teammate and ex-CSK spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes that if Virat turns up to the IPL with an open mindset to just enjoy his game, he can recreate the legendary form from the 2016 edition of the IPL.
"If he comes with an open mindset, he can bat like IPL 2016. The age factor is there. He can definitely go onto repeat it. If he says, 'Boss, I am just going to let go and have fun.' Even if he makes 300 runs at a strike rate of 170, that is a job done for RCB," he added.
Virat Kohli's record-breaking IPL season in 2016
As a decorated batter, Kohli amassed 973 runs that season in 2016 and shadowed the presence of Chris Gayle, Shane Watson and AB de Villiers on the same side. He also scored a record-smashing four centuries in a single edition. No batter has ever crossed the 900-run mark in the IPL.
Ravichandran Ashwin picked Kohli to open for India in the CWC 2027
Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin turned into a full-time cricket analyst after retiring from the game internationally and from the IPL as well. Ashwin, in one such discussion, claimed that India would be subjected to different conditions in South Africa and they would need Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad in the same playing XI.
However, the thought seemed irrational, as Ashwin had simply removed Shubman Gill, the Indian skipper, from the equation, which doesn't seem to be happening in the Gambhir era. The 2027 ICC World Cup will be Virat's final gig with the Indian team.
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