How important is Virat Kohli's form for RCB in IPL 2025? Check details

Former India captain Virat Kohli looked in a stunning form with the bat during India's winning triumph at the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy 2025 hosted in Pakistan and Dubai. He finished as one of the top five leading run-getters in the 50-overs competition which included a fabulous hundred in the crucial encounter against arch-rivals Pakistan and also scored a brilliant half-century that helped India beat Australia in the semi-final game. Currently, Virat Kohli has already joined the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) camp for the upcoming 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The IPL 2025 season will be starting off on 22 March, 2025 wherein the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be crossing swords with the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. 

During the Champions Trophy 2025 campaign, Virat Kohli ended up scoring an exceptional tally of 218 runs from as many as five matches at a wonderful average of more than 54 that included a half-century and hundred each. Although the modern-day great entered the tournament with a lot of questions over his recent batting form especially after not doing well both in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 and New Zealand Test series at home, he silenced all his critics with a fantastic performance at the biggest stage. 

While talking about Virat's form and performance in the Indian Premier League, he won the Orange Cap last year having finished as the leading run-getter with a staggering tally of 741 runs from as many as 15 matches at a superb average of more than 61 that included as many as 5 half-centuries and 1 hundred. Virat Kohli stats in IPL includes a superlative tally if 8004 runs in 252 games at an average of close to 40 and a strike-rate of over 131. 

Moreover, Kohli will be feeling much relieved after having won his maiden T20 World Cup 2024 trophy and he also smashed a crucial half-century in the summit clash against South Africa. The star Indian batter has already announced his retirement from T20I cricket and thus, there won't be much of pressure on his shoulders to prove a point in the upcoming edition of the IPL. Interestingly, there are not many star figures in the Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2025 squad apart from Virat Kohli. However, RCB will still depend on their best batsman to deliver the goods on consistent basis this year as well.