Virat Kohli takes a cheeky dig at a media report that claimed that the batting superstar had made some high demands to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ahead of the IPL 2026 season. Proving the reports and all the claims wrong, Virat Kohli shared a screenshot with a couple of funny emojis on his Instagram story.
According to a media report, the former captain of India and RCB had asked the franchise to arrange personal flights to travel between India and London. The report further said that Virat planned to go back to London if there was a gap of more than 3 days between the IPL 2026 matches.
Without any doubt, these claims are sensational, as well as controversial. On the social media platforms, multiple claims were not verified. Cricket fans often find it difficult to decide whether to trust those reports. Virat Kohli comes forward for a fact check.
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On his latest Instagram story, the RCB batter shared the screenshot of the report and replied with two smiling emojis, which is supposed to be a hint that the claims on the report are absolutely baseless.
INSTAGRAM STORY OF VIRAT KOHLI 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/x4sTQ8PFSn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 22, 2026
RCB is preparing with Virat Kohli to defend their title in 2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will start their campaign on March 28. RCB will be in the opener of the tournament as they claimed the IPL 2025 trophy. They won their maiden IPL title after waiting for 18 long years. Kohli was the center of the stage during the successful campaign.
Kohli, the batting maestro of the Indian cricket team, wished to settle down in London. After taking retirements from the T20Is and Tests, he often stayed in the UK with his wife Anuskha Sharma and the children during his free time.
Currently, he is in India for the Indian Premier League 2026. RCB has already started its preparations for the season ahead. The franchise has recently shared a video from their training sessions, where the fans can see how Virat was trying to motivate the players. Virat asked everyone to put their best as every team will come hard in the upcoming season.
“We worked really hard over the last two to three seasons to achieve what we did last year, and it’s only going to get tougher because the other teams are going to come hard at us. We don’t waste these days.”
“We stay ahead. So, switch on now. Let’s not waste even a minute of every session we are a part of. We must give our 120% for these two and a half months. I can see from everyone’s faces that we are excited enough to be challenged”, Kohli said to his RCB teammates.
Account crashed after the viral story!
Meanwhile, the media house, which reported on Kohli’s demand, shared an Instagram story to thank its followers. They claimed that their account crashed after the story related to the former RCB captain. “Our account crashed after Virat Kohli’s story,” the Instagram story reads.
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