Virat Kohli will again become number 1, steps are taken in India for IPL 2026

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|17-03-2026

Virat Kohli will again become number 1, steps are taken in India for IPL 2026

Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli has set foot in India. His video from the airport has surfaced, which shows that he has come from London for IPL 2026. Virat Kohli's preparations for the 19th season of IPL must have continued in London also. But, after reaching India, he will soon be seen joining the RCB camp and giving further edge to his practice. RCB is currently the IPL defending champion. Virat Kohli will not only try to retain that title, during the same effort he will also become number 1.

Virat reached India with wife Anushka

Virat Kohli has returned to India from London with his wife Anushka Sharma. Anushka is also seen with him in the video that surfaced from the airport. It is possible that now for the next two months i.e. till the IPL runs, both Virat and Anushka will remain in India.

Virat Kohli will become number 1 again

Now the question is, in which respect is Virat Kohli going to become number 1? In all the matters like most runs, most centuries, most fifty plus scores, most half centuries, his name is in full swing in IPL. Then now in which case is he going to become number 1? This will be seen happening in IPL 2026 in terms of scoring the top score most number of times for your team.

Will score top scores for your team most of the times

Till now, Virat Kohli is on par with David Warner in terms of scoring top score in an innings for his team. Both have made the top score for their team 66-66 times. Now, if David Warner remains in IPL, otherwise Virat Kohli will have a chance to become number 1 by defeating him this time.

Virat is not far away from completing 9000 runs

Virat Kohli has played 267 matches for RCB in IPL so far, in which he has scored 8661 runs with 71 fifty plus scores in 259 innings. Apart from Virat, no batsman has scored even 8000 runs in IPL. But, Virat Kohli can also touch the figure of 9000 runs in IPL 2026, from which he is just 339 runs away.