What Happened to Virat Kohli?

IMAGE: 'There is nothing like an Olympian Virat and Olympian Rohit winning the gold medal for the country.' Photograph: BCCI/X As India stormed into the Champions Trophy 2025 final with a decisive victory over Australia, Shantakumaran Sreesanth made a passionate plea: 'Stop the retirement talk!' He urged cricket fans to let Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma continue their illustrious careers, envisioning them leading India to Olympic gold in 2028. Amidst persistent speculation about Kohli and ...

IMAGE: A B de Villiers and Virat Kohli shared the Royal Challengers Bangalore dressing room for 11 seasons before ABD hung up his boots in 2022. Photograph: BCCI   Former Royal Challengers Bangalore star A B de Villiers emphasised the challenges of winning the IPL, citing the presence of 10 world-class teams, travel fatigue, injuries, and varying conditions. Speaking to JioHotstar, de Villiers said: 'Winning the IPL is incredibly difficult. There are 10 world-class teams that could even ...

'He (Virat Kohli) is a once-in-a-generation cricketer, the greatest of all time in this format' IMAGE: Ambati Rayudu emphasised Virat Kohli's astute game awareness and remarkable ability to adapt to the fluctuating demands of the match. Photograph: Satish Kumar/Reuters Ambati Rayudu didn't just praise Virat Kohli; he unleashed a torrent of admiration after Kohli's seismic performance against Australia in the 2025 Champions Trophy semi-final. Speaking on JioHotstar, Rayudu's words ...

'That was Virat bhaiyya's bat, the one with MRF logo.' IMAGE: Akash Deep avoids a bouncer during the third Test against Australia in Brisbane in December. Photograph: Kind courtesy Akash Deep/Instagram "Who wouldn't want it, bhaiyya (brother)?". It was all that a shy Akash Deep could blurt out when Virat Kohli asked if he would like to own one of his bats that ultimately scripted a rare happy memory in an otherwise devastating tour of Australia for Team India.The newest pace bowling workhorse ...

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's desire to make their home-coming a memorable occasion pivots around an experienced bowling unit maintaining its excellent form when they face Gujarat Titans in an IPL match in Bengaluru on Wednesday. IMAGE: The Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch has always had this allegiance towards batters. Photograph: BCCI The bowlers played a big hand in RCB taming two traditionally tough opponents in Kolkata and Chennai but now they face a different challenge at home against the ...

IMAGE: The India women's team, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games and gold at the Asian Games in 2022, are third in the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 and one-day rankings, trailing only Australia and England. Photograph: BCCI/X The achievements of India's women's cricket team in recent years have revolutionised perceptions towards women's sport, driving increased engagement, commercial success and financial stability, according to Virat Kohli. The India women's team, who ...

Stop treating Indian cricketers as demigods and "normalise things" going forward so that they remain grounded and relatable to common people, spin legend R Ashwin said while slamming the prevailing superstar culture in the team. IMAGE: R Ashwin believed that personal milestones should not overshadow the ultimate goal of winning tournaments for the country. Photograph: R Ashwin/X Ashwin, India's most successful off-spinner with 765 international wickets across formats, said batting ...

IMAGE: Nagpur cops stop India's throwdown specialist Raghu from joining the team! Photograph: Kind courtesy Ctrl C Ctrl Memes/X The Nagpur police had to face some embarassment on Tuesday when the Indian cricket team's throwdown specialist Raghu was not alllowed into the team hotel. Video clips on social media showed the cops stopping Raghu, mistaking him for a fan, from entering the area where team members were offloading their luggage from the bus. As fans who captured the whole drama were ...

SCORECARD IMAGE: Skipper Rajat Patidar celebrates with his Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammates after a tense victory over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai, on Monday. Photograph: BCCI Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar hailed his bowlers for showing courage during a tough target defence against Mumbai Indians, saying his 'Player of the Match' award actually goes to them for being able to control a batting unit on such batter-friendly conditions at the ...