Watch: Virat Kohli Shows Off In The Nets For RCB IPL 2025

Virat Kohli Shows Off In The Nets For RCB: In a recent video uploaded to social media by Royal Challenger Bengaluru, star batter Virat Kohli can be seen practicing his drives in the nets ahead of IPL 2025.

Kohli will be playing in his 18th season of the Indian Premier League, which must be significant for the 36-year-old, who is one of the very few players to have played every season of the league so far. He is also the only player in the history of the IPL to have played every season so far and for the same franchise, RCB.

The Royal Challengers are among the most popular sports teams, not only in the IPL but in world cricket and sports in general. However, they are yet to win an IPL trophy. They have come close, reaching the final on three occasions, but have lost the ultimate match of the season on all three occasions.

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Virat Kohli Shows Off In The Nets For RCB IPL 2025

Despite all that, RCB still has a massive fanbase, which is one of the biggest and most passionate in the league. They are also one of the most valuable franchise cricket teams in the world.

This passion towards the team for many people comes because of them having acquired some of the best cricketers in the world in their squad from time to time. The player that exemplifies that strategy is Virat Kohli, who, apart from being a loyal RCB player since the inauguration of the league in 2008, is also the greatest IPL batter ever.

Kohli has scored a staggering 8004 runs in 244 innings at an average of 38/66 and a strike rate of 131.97 across 17 seasons. He also has eight centuries in the league, the most for any player.

It is because of the immense popularity of the franchise that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru does not do a regular jersey reveal for each season. This is the only franchise that hosts an entire event around revealing their jerseys for the upcoming season. ‘RCB Unbox,’ apart from the event where the team releases their outfits for the coming season, is also the place where the franchise inducts past players into its Hall of Fame. There are also musical performances.

Ahead of RCB Unbox 2025, RCB took to social media to post a video of Virat Kohli practicing in the nets. The legendary batter can be seen practicing his drive shots in the video.