Virat Kohli has 392 runs in 9 games for RCB so far in IPL 2025.
Former Australia and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Aaron Finch has lauded the form of Virat Kohli in the ongoing IPL 2025. He also praised the RCB franchise for being smart to plan their batting order around Kohli, as he guarantees them atleast 600 runs every season.
He added that the bunch of batters is happy to bat around him and go the aggressive way, while he holds one end up even if the strike rate is not sky-high.
Kohli continued to put pressure on Orange Cap leader Sai Sudharsan in Thursday's game against the Rajasthan Royals in Bengaluru. Kohli was at his best on Thursday, smashing 70 runs off 42 deliveries to help Bengaluru reach 205/5 in 20 overs.
“Yes, I mean, if you are offered 650, 700 runs at the start of the year, from one of your top-three batters. No matter whether your strike rate is 150 or 200, you would take that every single day because that just allows your team the platform to play around," Finch said while speaking on ESPNCricinfo.
“That’s when you can put some cowboys in the middle order, ultra-high risk, and they tried to do that with Livingstone and it hasn’t quite worked. Last year, Maxwell played that high-risk game as well and Patidar is looking to be overly aggressive as well. So it just allows you a platform, you know, once Virat gets in, very rarely does he get out at 30," Finch added.
Virat Kohli now has 392 runs in 9 games for RCB in IPL 2025 with 5 fifties to his name. His strike rate is 144,.11 and he averages 65.33.
RCB play their next match against the Delhi Capitals on Sunday, April 27, at the latter’s home.