Virat Kohli’s back in the grind, smashing some balls in the nets before RCB’s face-off with KKR. Seriously, after a week with no matches, the IPL finally gets rolling again on May 17 feels like ages, doesn’t it? The showdown’s set for Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru (RCB’s home turf, where weird stuff always seems to happen). Kohli was already swinging in the open nets on Thursday, May 15 guy looked locked in, not gonna lie. He rolled in earlier than most, wasted zero time, just straight into practice. That’s so very Kohli. Copy book Kohli. Had a quick catch up with Rahane, Venky Iyer, Rinku. Obliged all the ball boys after he made them toil for over 45 minutes. Business as usual. pic.twitter.com/EcCJxfdbmT — Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) May 15, 2025 RCB’s actually killing it this season – sitting pretty at second place with 16 points from 11 games. Eight wins, four back-to-back victories recently, momentum’s insane. They pull off a win against KKR? Boom, playoff spot in the bag. And with three more matches to go, top-two finish isn’t just a pipe dream. Honestly though, if Kohli keeps batting the way he has, RCB fans can start clearing their calendars for playoff week. No pressure, right? So yeah, the old warhorse finally put up his boots for Test cricket about time, right? But dude, before all that, Kohli’s been on fire in this IPL. Not even kidding 505 runs in 11 games. And he’s not just padding the stats either; he’s averaging over 63, slugging it at almost a 150 strike rate. That's some superhero nonsense. Seven fifties already, and every single one turned into a win for RCB. You remember that CSK game at Chinnaswamy? Kohli went absolutely berserk: 62 runs off, what, 33 balls? Five fours, five sixes—he was seeing the ball like a beach ball, man. Strike rate off the charts. If you blinked, you missed half the fireworks. Also READ: Moeen Ali, Meg Lanning awarded MCC Honorary Life Membership Anyway, with the IPL kicking back into gear, it’s pretty obvious RCB’s hopes are tethered to the Kohli run machine. If he keeps this up at the top, honestly, RCB could snag a top-two finish. But knowing RCB, they'll probably keep us sweating till the very last over. Classic, right?