me watching Kohli getting luckiest batter discourse after watching him getting out to the wildest of catches and falling prey to inside edged n umpires call lbw shouts over the years
6 players have scored 14000+ runs in T20 cricket.
13 players have won 40 or Man of the Match awards in T20 cricket.
6 players have won more than 5 Man of the Series awards in T20 cricket.
4 players have scored 10 or more centuries in T20 cricket.
30 players have hit 400 or more sixes in T20 cricket.
Virat Kohli is the only common name in all the lists mentioned above.
Set batter running multiple 2s in a run chase, keeping the RRR in control without taking risk is a thing that will go away from cricket along with Virat Kohli.
Nineteen seasons.
Nineteen summers.
Nineteen auctions.
Nineteen fresh squads.
Nineteen times people said, “maybe this year age catches up.”
Nineteen times bowlers made plans.
Nineteen times fans carried hope into another IPL.
And through all of it, one man remained.
Virat Kohli in red and gold.
We have seen entire IPL eras rise and disappear in front of our eyes. Legends changed teams. Captains changed cities. Generations changed. The league itself transformed from fearless cricket into data-driven cricket into power-hitting madness.
But one thing somehow stayed untouched.
A man walking out for RCB with impossible expectations on his shoulders.
And still delivering.
Not for 2 seasons.
Not for 5.
Not for a purple patch.
For nearly TWO DECADES.
People will talk about the numbers.
The thousands of runs.
The hundreds.
The chases.
The consistency.
The records.
And yes, they matter.
But statistics alone cannot explain what Virat Kohli has meant to this league.
Because numbers do not capture loyalty.
Numbers do not capture pressure.
Numbers do not capture what it means to carry the hopes of one franchise for 19 straight years in the loudest cricket tournament on earth.
Twelve different IPL seasons with 400+ runs.
Think about that for a second.
In a format designed for chaos…
in a league designed to expose weakness…
through injuries, form slumps, captaincy pressure, scrutiny, trolling, expectations and changing teammates…
he still found a way to show up.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Tonight was not just another innings.
It was another reminder.
That greatness is not only about peaks.
It is about returning.
Every single season.
Every single time people doubt.
Every single time the game evolves.
Every single time younger stars arrive.
And still being the standard.
There are players with bigger power.
Players with crazier strike rates.
Players with shorter bursts of brilliance.
But there has never been another Virat Kohli.
Because nobody has blended hunger, skill, fitness, passion, loyalty, pressure and longevity quite like this man.
For RCB fans, he is not just a player anymore.
He is memory.
He is childhood for one generation.
Adulthood for another.
And inspiration for the next.
Someday the IPL will continue without him.
RCB will continue without him.
New stars will come.
New heroes will rise.
But there will always be a silence when fans realize they once lived in an era where Virat Kohli opened the batting for RCB every summer.
And made it feel normal.
Love you @imVkohli to the moon and back.
Highest Target Chased by RCB (IPL + CLT20)
228 v LSG in 2025 (Kohli 54 off 30)
215 v SOA in 2011 (Kohli 70 off 36)
206 v GT in 2026 (Kohli 81 off 44)
204 v KXIP in 2010 (Kohli 16* off 12)
204 v NSW in 2011 (Kohli 84* off 49)
202 v SRH in 2026 (Kohli 69* off 38)
201 v GT in 2024 (Kohli 70* off 44)
193 v KKR in 2026 (𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 105* off 60)
192 v RPS in 2016 (Kohli 108* off 58)
187 v SRH in 2023 (Kohli 100 off 63)
184 v KKR in 2016 (Kohli 75* off 51)
There were around 68 test matches in Virat Kohli's test career, that had a batting average < 30. Majority due to the playing conditions, and a very few of them can be attributed to the opponent's batting. Now 68 of 123 tests, means almost 55 percent of tests being low scoring. Here are a few notable innings of Virat in these tests:
44 & 75 at the WACA, 2012, the match average was 23.36
149 & 51 at Birmingham, 2018, the match average was 22.57
46 & 58 at Southampton, 2018, the match average was 24.35
153 at Centurion, 2018, the match average was 26.27
54 & 41 at Johannesburg, 2018, the match average was 20.12
38 & 76 at Centurion, 2023, the match average was 27.03
123 at Perth, 2018, the match average was 24.8
79 at Cape Town, 2022, the match average was 25.54
167 & 81 at Vizag, 2016, the match average was 26.8
104 at Eden Gardens, 2017, the match average was 25.51
74 at Adelaide, 2020, the match average was 18.19
The last 5 years, for a batsman of his calibre were underwhelming, but surely he has enough highs in red ball cricket to celebrate.
You can share this if you feel like, tried highlighting some of his best career knocks.
Bhuvi casually coming and smashing a six first ball over covers under mad pressure and totally hopeless situation 😭 What have we done to have this fckng diamond king in our team.
EVERYBODY STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK AT THIS BHUVIRAT PHOTO 😭❤️ THIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME. thank you universe for bringing bhuvi and virat together again in the final phase of their careers, they are healing so many things within me 🥹🥹