Virat Kohli Goes Unfiltered On His Relationship With Rohit Sharma, Says “There Was A Lot Of…”

The Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians is about to see two of icons of Indian cricket — Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma — go face to face on Monday. While MI are among the many most profitable franchises within the league, RCB are nonetheless ready for his or her maiden title. But, the begin to the IPL 2025 season has painted a unique story, with the Bengaluru facet exhibiting much more promise than Hardik Pandya‘s Mumbai. Ahead of the high-profile conflict, Virat opened up on his equation with Rohit, sharing some intricate detials of their relationship over the previous 15 years.

“I think it’s a very natural thing to take place when you play with someone for so long and you share so much of your insight of the game initially, your learning from each other, you’re kind of growing in your careers at probably the same time, and you share all kind of queries and questions,” Kohli stated in a video posted by RCB.

“So there’s a lot of back and forth that happens and also the fact that, you know, we worked very closely in terms of the leadership for the team, so there were always ideas discussed and more or less, we would end up on the same page in terms of the gut feel of that situation – there is a trust factor and do the job for the team,” he added.

Quite a bit has been stated and written over the equation Virat and Rohit share within the Indian staff. There have been rumours of a fallout too whereas many different dressing room tales have been cooked on social media. But, Kohli stated that neither he nor Rohit knew that they’d go on to play for the nation over a 15-year interval.

Now, wanting again on the journey, they do have fairly a couple of fond reminiscences of the time they’ve spent collectively.

“We have definitely enjoyed our time playing together, so we were able to make out careers long because when we were young, as I said, it was not certain that we would end up playing for 15 years for India. The journey for so long and consistently, very grateful and very happy for all the memories, all the moments that we’ve shared and continue to do so,” he concluded.