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India Today
17 hours ago
- Health
- India Today
Virat Kohli's IPL win inspires Delhi Police to share patience-themed road safety post
As India celebrated Royal Challengers Bengaluru's historic IPL 2025 win, Delhi Police joined the chorus with an appreciation post for Virat Kohli that also featured a message on road safety and clinched the IPL 2025 trophy with a six-run win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June the post that was shared on social media, Delhi Police said, 'Dekhlo, 18 saal wait kiya. Aur tum abhi se car, bike chalaane ke liye zidd karte rehte ho papa mummy se (See, he waited for 18 years. And you are forcing your parents to let you drive from such an early age).'advertisement The humorous caption on the graphic drew a parallel between Kohli's 18-year wait for his first IPL trophy and the impatience often shown by teenagers eager to drive.'Virat jeet ke liye, patience zaroori hai (Like Virat's victory, patience is necessary for a big win),' Delhi Police said in the caption of the the post here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by DelhiPolice (@ from applauding Virat Kohli, Delhi Police used the post to urge teenagers to wait until the legal driving age and not rush behind the wheel out of Kohli, who recently became the first batter to score 9000 T20 runs for a single team, remains the only player in IPL history to have represented a single franchise since the league's inception in 2008. He joined RCB after captaining India to the U19 World Cup title in Watch
India Today
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
Virat Kohli pens emotional note after RCB's IPL 2025 win: A season I'll never forget
Virat Kohli penned a heartfelt note after Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ended their long and agonising wait for an Indian Premier League (IPL) title. On Tuesday, June 3, RCB clinched the IPL 2025 trophy with a six-run win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in who recently became the first batter to score 9000 T20 runs for a single team, expressed his gratitude to the fans for standing by the franchise through all the ups and downs. He remains the only player in IPL history to have represented a single franchise since the league's inception in 2008. Kohli joined RCB after captaining India to the U19 World Cup title in team made the dream possible, a season I'll never ever forget. We've thoroughly enjoyed the ride over the last 2.5 months. This one is for the fans of RCB who never ever left our side in the worst of times. This one is for all the years of heartbreaks and disappointment,' Kohli wrote on Instagram. 'This is for every inch of effort left on the field playing for this team. As far as the IPL trophy is concerned - you've made me wait 18 years to be able to lift you and celebrate my friend, but it's been absolutely worth the wait,' Kohli added. Virat Kohli played a crucial role in RCB's title-winning campaign in IPL 2025. He finished as their leading run-scorer, amassing 657 runs in 15 matches at an average of 54.75 and a strike rate of 144.71. His highest score of the season - an unbeaten 73 - came against PBKS in Mullanpur back in the final, Kohli scored a composed 43 off 35 balls, laying the foundation for RCB's six-run victory over PBKS. Having represented RCB across 18 IPL seasons, Kohli has now accumulated 8661 runs from 267 matches, including eight centuries and 63 updated on IPL 2025 with India Today! Get match schedules, team squads, live score, and the latest IPL points table for CSK, MI, RCB, KKR, SRH, LSG, DC, GT, PBKS, and RR. Plus, keep track of the top contenders for the IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap. Don't miss a moment!Tune In IN THIS STORY#IPL 2025
Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
18 is the charm for Virat Kohli: Royal Challengers Bengaluru icon finally wins the Indian Premier League
Virat Kohli has an IPL trophy . It has taken 18 years for the legend himself and fans to rejoice success in the biggest T20 league in the world. It has taken eighteen years of sheer persistence, determination, loyalty and hard work to achieve the final frontier of the 36-year-old's decorated career. Kohli, who is the only player to represent the same team - Royal Challengers Bengaluru - from IPL's inception, has ruled the tournament with the bat. He has more than 9,000 runs for RCB in over 250 matches for the team across IPL and Champions League T20, the most for any batter. The 36-year-old also has the most eight centuries. He led the franchise from 2011 to 2022 with a final in 2016, where the team fell short by just eight runs. But it was on Tuesday at Ahmedabad that Kohli got the taste of the coveted title after RCB defeated Punjab Kings by six runs. Kohli himself contributed 43 runs in the final. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Promoções imperdíveis de voos baratos Voos | Anúncios de Pesquisa Saiba Mais Undo From U19 promise to an icon A young, 19-year-old, Virat Kohli had joined RCB from the draft system in the inaugural season in 2008, fresh off an U19 World Cup win as a captain. Kohli did not have the best of starts to his IPL career with just 135 runs in 13 matches. His second season was not the best either, with 246 runs in 16 matches. He showed some promise in 2010, when he got his first 300-run season. It came as a surprise when Kohli was the only player retained by RCB in 2011, ahead of legends of the game like Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor. Live Events The 22-year-old Kohli repaid the faith put in him with 557 runs, including four half centuries that season. The team reached the final but fell short in the final step. He also led the team for the first time in the absence of regular captain Daniel Vettori. The batter was made the full-time captain RCB in 2013. However, his breakout season came in 2016, in which he smashed 973 runs to lead the team to the final. The tally remains the highest for a batter in a single season till date. He smashed four centuries in that season, equalled only by Jos Buttler. The 2017-19 seasons were a slump for RCB, finishing last twice and not making it to the playoffs even once. Kohli, however, was still among runs with more than 400 runs in each of the seasons. By this time, Kohli had already etched his name in history books, becoming one of the best batters across the world, winning matches single handedly for India and RCB. He gave up the leadership duties in 2022 and ever since has registered three consecutive seasons of more than 600 runs, adding to his legacy with the bat. Having won everything with India - the 50 over World Cup, Champions Trophy and the T20 World Cup - it is only fitting that Kohli has lifted the coveted IPL title after 18 long years, the number he has carried on his shirt all through his legendray career.
Hans India
6 days ago
- Sport
- Hans India
Bharat Arun to conduct 14-day specialised programme for SL men's and women's teams
New Delhi: India's former bowling coach Bharat Arun will conduct a 14-day specialised training programme for both top men's and women's cricketers in Sri Lanka. Arun recently completed a stint as the fast-bowling coach of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2025. In a statement on Friday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said Arun's programme will aim at enhancing the standards of Sri Lankan fast bowlers across junior and senior squads at the High-Performance Centre from June 2, where he will start training the U19 national team. He will also work with the national men's and women's teams, as well as the women's 'A' team, the U19 men's team, coaches of the High Performance Center, club and provincial coaches, and coach educators during his stay in Sri Lanka. 'Arun, who served as the bowling coach of Team India from 2014 to 2021, will conduct separate strategy sessions with the men's red ball and white ball teams, hold technical and skill-based training with fast bowlers, hold video and performance analysis sessions with players and coaches, and also match scenarios to develop 'game' understanding,' added the SLC. Arun's camp in Sri Lanka comes before the men's team host Bangladesh for an all-format series at home, while the women's side fine-tunes its preparation for the Women's ODI World Cup, to be held later this year in India. Since 2024, SLC has brought in foreign coaches to run short programmes. Last year, they roped in Rajasthan Royals' high-performance director Zubin Bharucha to conduct a brief programme in raising their batting standards. Recently, SLC brought former India fielding coach R Sridhar, who held the role from 2014 to 2021, to conduct a comprehensive 10-day fielding programme for their men's and women's teams emerging squads, premier club players, national U19 team, and women's 'A' side.
Hindustan Times
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Rahul Dravid's feedback decisive factor in Shubman Gill becoming India Test captain
A year later, then-India head coach Dravid, after taking then-captain Rohit Sharma into confidence, offered something unique to Gill. He asked him where he would want to bat in India's Test XI. Gill, averaging in early 30s, was just 15 Test matches old at that time. Dravid must have seen something in him which was beyond stats. To be honest, many have in Gill the batter. But Dravid's gut feel was greater. He saw a future leader in the young man from Punjab. Gill, an opener from the start of his Test career, picked the No.3 spot recently vacated by Cheteshwar Pujara. It was not before the home Test series against England that Gill really stood up to repay the coach and captain's faith. After losing the first Test in Hyderabad, India needed a batter apart from Yashasvi Jaiswal to step up in Virat Kohli's absence. Gill did that with utmost ease, cracking a second-innings century in the next Test. The right-hander was kind of playing for a spot. Gill would go on to hit two second-innings half-centuries in the next two Tests and cap the five-match test series with another century in Dharamsala to help India win 4-1. The pitches were difficult to bat and India were without some of their star batters but Gill stood like a rock at No.3. In the same series, he actively took an interest in the team's planning and field placements. He started to voice his opinion on important matters inside the dressing room. Dravid took that positively. The potential he saw a few years ago was finally materialising into something concrete. Dravid himself would not have thought that Gill's rise as a leader in Indian cricket would be so rapid when he quit as head coach after the T20 World Cup triumph, but then again, who would have imagined Rohit Sharma's steep fall in the last three Test series? When the selectors were deliberating between Gill and Rishabh Pant as India's next test captain after Rohit Sharma's retirement - Jasprit Bumrah was out of the equation due to his workload management - they sought Dravid's opinion. The legendary cricketer did not have a second thought before raving about Gill's leadership qualities. Hindustan Times has reliably learnt that former head coach Dravid's feedback played a decisive role in Gill becoming India's Test captain at the age of 25 despite having a not-so-inspiring batting average of 35. "The selectors spoke to Dravid as he had seen Gill from this teenager and had also coached him at the U19 and the senior team. He had some great things to say about Gill's potential as a leader," a BCCI source said. Agarkar said Gill is in for a long haul as leader and his selection committee has full faith in his ability to rise to the challenge. "You don't pick captains for one or two tours. You want to try and invest in something that's going to help us going forward. We were hoping that it's the right call. We've seen some progress over the course of the last year with him," he said. Gill was being prepped to be the next captain. He was picked as the ODI vice-captain right before the Champions Trophy. A similar move would have followed in Test cricket had India not fared poorly in their last two Test series and Rohit and Kohli hadn't called time simultaneously. Agarkar, Dravid and the millions of Indian cricket fans would hope that their leap of faith bears fruit, if not immediately, then in the near future.
