When Virat Kohli walks out of the away team dressing room in the pavilion that bears his name at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, it will be tempting to wonder what might have been. As the IPL turns 18, Kohli remains the only player to have represented the same franchise in every single season - but it is not the team based in his hometown.

Sanjay Manjrekar took to X and came up with a list of his best batters in the IPL 2025 so far. The popular analyst considered the batters with over 200 runs, arranged them in descending order of strike rates,

Virat Kohli's journey with RCB began unexpectedly, not as their first choice but a draft pick. Despite initially struggles in IPL, RCB placed faith in Kohli, which was paid off by transforming himself into one of the most prolific IPL batters.