Virat Kohli Motivated to Win the Trophy for RCB as IPL 2023 Starts From 31st March

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli has issued a stern warning to all the bowlers and the opposition teams ahead of the IPL 2023, saying he is hopeful that his best will come in the 16th edition of the cash-rich league. In the last eight months or so Kohli has been back to his best. He is in a great mental space and is enjoying his game. In 223 IPL games, Kohli has amassed 6624 runs, which makes him the highest run-getter in the history of the IPL.

Kohli was roped in by RCB ahead of the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. He is the only player to have represented the same franchise since the inaugural season of the league. The right-handed batter became one of the best players to have graced the competition with his presence.

Kohli Upbeat Ahead of the IPL

The former RCB skipper has rediscovered his form and he’s looking as dangerous as ever. Ahead of the IPL 2023, Kohli insists that he’s likely to get back to his best in the upcoming season of the IPL. Kohli feels that if he can have a good IPL then it will help his team.

“Staying away from the game helped me. That helped me rediscover the excitement and love for the game. When I came back, everything was an opportunity, nothing was pressure. The results followed. I was able to play well in T20Is, ODIs, and recently in the Test series as well. I’m back to playing the way I do, there’s still a lot of room to get to my best, which hopefully happens in the IPL if I get to the level I really want to play. That would help the team,” Virat Kohli said.

Kohli has come a long way since his IPL debut and is currently one of the biggest stars in world cricket. He was appointed the captain of the Bangalore-based team in the 2013 season. His tenure lasted till the 2021 season, before stepping down from captaincy. 

Known as the run machine, Kohli has consistently performed with his bat in all IPL editions. The 34-year-old cricketer won the Orange cap for scoring the most runs in IPL 2016 with 973 runs, which remains the highest number of runs scored in a single season of IPL history. Despite scoring a truckload of runs, Kohli has never won an IPL trophy and he would love to end the title drought this year.