IPL 2025: After Team India won the Champions Trophy, now cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the IPL. The IPL will start with a lot of fanfare on 22 March. The first match of the 18th season of IPL is scheduled to take place between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, everyone’s eyes will be on veteran cricketer and former RCB captain Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli has been a great journey in the IPL so far and he has scored more than eight thousand runs. With the start of IPL, he has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore but his dream has not been fulfilled till date. He has not yet made his team an IPL champion. In such a situation, it will be seen whether this dream of Virat is fulfilled in this IPL or not.
Kohli will land in 18th season from RCB
Virat Kohli has been playing for RCB since the first season of IPL. He has also captained this team for a long time. This time he will take the field to play for RCB in the 18th season. Virat Kohli is the third player in the history of IPL who has played for only one franchise so far. Apart from Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Jaspreet Bumrah are two other players who played for only one franchise in the IPL.
Virat Kohli has achieved many achievements during the last 17 seasons of IPL, but he has been in a pain. He has not yet made his team the IPL champion. Virat Kohli, playing for RCB, has not been able to win a single trophy yet. In such a situation, Virat Kohli’s eyes will be on making their team champions this time.
RCB captaincy this time in Patidar’s hands
Virat Kohli has also captained the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore for a long time. However, he later gave up the captaincy of the team. RCB’s team could not become the champion even during the command of Faf du Plessis. After the release of Faf from the team, there were discussions that Kohli could then be made the captain of RCB.
However, RCB has given the responsibility of captaining the team to Silver Patidar. Cricket experts believe that in view of preparing for the future, it has been decided to make the Patidar a captain.
Kohli’s journey has been excellent in IPL
Kohli also performed well as RCB captain. He has captained the team in 140 matches and the team won 66 of these matches. However, RCB also faced defeat in 77 matches. As a player, Kohli has achieved many major achievements in the IPL. He is the highest run -scorer in the IPL and the most centuries are also recorded for him.
Virat Kohli has played 252 matches in the IPL so far and during this time his strike rate has been 131.97. He has scored 8004 runs in the IPL and during this time he has also scored eight centuries.
Virat Kohli has managed to score 55 half -centuries in the IPL. In this way, his journey in the IPL as a batsman has been quite spectacular. Now everyone’s eyes are on whether Kohli is able to win his team to win the title.
