Virat Kohli is back in the nets and looking absolutely focused! The former RCB captain started his IPL 2026 preparations early. Videos of his training sessions are breaking the internet right now!
Kohli shared an Instagram reel showing his intense batting practice recently. Fans went absolutely crazy in the comments section immediately. Everyone’s pumped watching King Kohli prepare for defending RCB’s first-ever title!
Virat Kohli’s Viral Training Videos
The training footage shows Kohli hitting balls with his trademark precision. His batting stance looks sharp and his timing seems perfect. He’s clearly not taking this title defense lightly at all!
Comments flooded in from fans worldwide within minutes of posting. “King is ready,” one fan wrote excitedly. “RCB will win again,” another predicted confidently.
Kohli knows the pressure defending champions face in IPL tournaments. Last season, he scored 657 runs in 15 matches brilliantly. His average of 54.75 with a strike rate of 144.71 proved crucial.
He smashed 8 half-centuries throughout IPL 2025 consistently. Those performances helped RCB win their maiden title finally! They beat the Punjab Kings by six runs in Ahmedabad’s final.
Kohli’s Legendary IPL Career Numbers
Virat Kohli’s IPL career statistics look absolutely mind-blowing honestly. He’s scored 8,661 runs across 267 matches total. That’s in 259 innings with an average of 39.54!
His strike rate of 132.85 shows aggressive yet controlled batting. 8 centuries and 63 half-centuries prove his consistency over the years. Nobody dominates IPL batting like Kohli does regularly!
RCB fans worship him for carrying the team season after season. Finally winning in 2025 made his IPL journey complete emotionally. Now he wants to repeat that success desperately in 2026.
RCB’s Home Venue Situation for IPL 2026
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium will host 5 RCB home games this season. The venue also gets the final and one playoff match. KSCA Secretary Santosh Menon confirmed these arrangements officially.
RCB’s remaining two home matches happen in Raipur instead. Chinnaswamy Stadium was suspended since June last year tragically. A stampede during RCB’s title celebrations killed 11 people sadly. Several others got injured in that terrible incident.
The suspension affected cricket at the venue severely throughout. Women’s World Cup and T20 World Cup 2026 missed Chinnaswamy. Domestic tournaments also shifted elsewhere during this period.
IPL 2026 starts on March 28 according to Star Sports. BCCI hasn’t released fixtures yet though frustratingly. Kohli’s early training shows he’s ready whenever cricket begins!
