The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) The faithful Virat Kohli struck its peak shape, emerging like the franchise’s Lynchpin in an excellent start of the 2025 season. Kohli did not only score races, but also effectively completed other team strikers, the success of the team being the only objective in mind. Very often, Virat has also been labeled as a striker who makes his “ego” becomes a motor factor. But, in an interview with the Indian broadcasters of the Premier League, Kohli said that “the ego” had never been a driver throughout his cricket career.
In the IPL 2025 games so far, Kohli has often given way to the Skipper Rajat Patidar to lead the load with the bat, while playing a support role sometimes. During a conversation with Jiohotstar, Kohli highlighted the ICC champions trophy as an example, where it did not bother to give Shreyas Iyer the driver’s seat.
“If you look at how things have happened even recently, in one of the Champions Trophy Games, Shreyas (Iyer) took control. It was never ego. At that time, if I was better placed to take the lead, they did not make the way you never needed on the game. Situation, and that’s something I am always proud of.
During the conversation, Kohli also mentioned his experiences from the first days of the RCB locker room. Rub his shoulders with Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, etc., Virat believes that his game is not at the level he must be. But, he kept his head down and worked hard to make it tall.
“During my first three years with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, I did not have many opportunities to beat in the first order. I was generally sent below. So, I couldn’t really crack a little more for me. Forward, I started playing more coherent, and in 2011, I regularly struck at number three.
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