‘I am too small an individual to even discuss it’: Dinesh Karthik in awe of ‘absolute champion’ Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli performs a shot throughout the IPL match towards Rajasthan Royals. (PTI Photograph)

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli continues to dazzle within the IPL 2025 season, smashing his fifth half-century as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) edged out Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. Kohli’s 42-ball 70 powered RCB to 205/5 – a complete their bowlers efficiently defended, securing the staff’s sixth win of the season and lifting them to 3rd within the factors desk.
Now enjoying his 18th season – all for RCB – the 36-year-old is second within the Orange Cap race with 392 runs at a median of 65.33 and a strike price of 144.11. However past the numbers, it is Kohli’s mindset that continues to encourage.
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RCB mentor and batting coach Dinesh Karthik was effusive in his reward. “Virat Kohli, what do you inform about him? There is a loss for phrases purely due to the starvation that he has,” Karthik mentioned in a video shared by the franchise. “It is one factor to play IPL for 18 years, nevertheless it’s a special factor to be constant for 18 years.”
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Karthik revealed Kohli’s deep reflection after RCB’s early house video games. “He advised me, ‘In all probability may have thought just a little higher,’ and he is aware of lots of people flip up simply to look at him bat.”

“The way in which he adapts, understands conditions… I am too small an individual to even discuss it. He is an absolute champion,” Karthik added.

With Kohli main the best way, RCB’s playoff push seems to be robust, whereas RR’s hopes have light after their seventh loss in 9 matches.