Indian cricket superstar and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) icon Virat Kohli has quashed speculations that he had requested special travel arrangements during the Indian Premier League.IPL2026 season.Reports had earlier claimed that Kohli, who has been spending a lot of time in London in recent years, had asked the RCB management for access to chartered flights between India and the UK. Reports further stated that he planned to return to London during breaks of more than three days to spend time with his family.
However, Kohli soon dismissed these claims. Taking to Instagram, he shared a similar report on his story with laughing emojis, making it clear that the rumors are baseless and false.Taking to Instagram, Virat posted one of these reports along with laughing emojis on his story, indicating that the reports are ultimately false.
RCB begin their title defense.
The IPL 2026 season is scheduled to begin on March 28, with defending champions RCB taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru. After finally winning their first IPL title last season, Kohli will once again be at the heart of RCB’s campaign. Currently on 8,661 runs with eight centuries and 63 fifties in 267 matches, Virat is also aiming to become the first player in IPL history to reach the 9,000-run mark.Having scored 9,085 runs for RCB in 282 matches across the IPL and the just-concluded Champions League T20, Virat is one extraordinary season away from becoming the first player to score 10,000 runs for a single IPL team in all T20 cricket.After scoring 13,543 runs in 414 T20 matches, including nine centuries and 105 half-centuries, Virat is aiming to join West Indies titans Chris Gayle (14,562 runs), Kieron Pollard (14,482 runs), England’s Alex Hales (14,449 runs) and Australia’s David 28 (14,449 runs). Fifth member of the club to score 14000 runs in T20 cricket.
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Stellar form continues.
Kohli enjoyed a brilliant IPL 2025 season, scoring 657 runs in 15 innings at an average of 54.75 and a strike rate of 144.71. With eight half-centuries, he finished as RCB’s highest run-scorer and third-highest run-scorer overall.
