Virat Kohli is the biggest superstar at the moment in Indian and world cricket. He recently won the Champions Trophy title with the Indian team earlier this month.
Post his international commitments, he has now joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore outfit ahead of the IPL 2025 season. This is the 18th season of the IPL and Kohli sports the number 18 jersey.
RCB and Indian cricket fans believe that the stars have perhaps aligned this year and finally RCB's wait to win an IPL title might end. They have managed to get a strong squad on board. They even announced Rajat Patidar as the skipper of their season.
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Ian Bishop On Virat Kohli's Greatness
However, RCB is synonymous with Virat Kohli and it is expected that Kohli will have a big role to play in helping Patidar make his calls as captain. Ahead of the start of the season, Ian Bishop has hailed Virat Kohli as a cricketer and equated him to the likes of Lebron James, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. While James is a basketball legend, Messi and Ronaldo are modern legends in football.
Bishop in his own words, highlighted Kohli's popularity in the game of cricket and matched it to that of Ronaldo, Messi and James. The former India skipper's work ethic and commitment to the game is also spoken about very highly
"Virat Kohli is to Cricket what LeBron James is to Basketball and Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi are to Football" Bishop said on Star Sports.
His commitment to Indian cricket is also spoken with a lot of dignity and respect. Kohli is not only respected and loved by his teammates but also by overseas cricketers as well. He was out of form for a while but has regained form since the Champions Trophy started.
He is heading into the IPL with the expectations of millions of RCB fans who are expecting RCB's title-drought to end. RCB's campsign starts on March 22 when they take on KKR in the IPL 2025 season opener in Kolkata.
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