‘I’ve been playing IPL for 15 years, and I haven’t won it yet’: Watch Virat Kohli motivates RCB women’s team ahead of their match against UP Warriorz

“If we win, great. If we don’t, then I am not going to go to my grave thinking that if only I had won an IPL, I would be a happy man. It doesn’t happen like that. So always think about the opportunity that you have rather than how bad it is right now. There is always a flip side to it, and it could always be worse than this,” he added.

Virat Kohli’s pep talk to the RCB Women’s Team

King came. He spoke. He inspired. He’d be proud watching the girls play the way they did last night. Watch @imVkohli's pre-match chat in the team room on Bold Diaries.#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #WPL2023 pic.twitter.com/fz1rxZnID2

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 16, 2023

RCB have not won a single IPL trophy so far. However, the franchise has one the biggest fanbases in IPL speaking about Kohli said, “And the fact that we haven’t won the IPL, but I still feel that we have the best fans in the world. Only because we were always committed to every game that we played for RCB. That has been the most special thing for our fans. There’s no guarantee of giving you a cup every year, but there’s a guarantee of giving your 110% every year, and that’s all you can strive to do,”

RCB finally won a match in the Women’s Premier League when they defeated UPW by 5 wickets and the Bangalore-based team’s Twitter handle shared a post on Kohli’s pep talk after the match.

“How to turn a Setback into a Comeback – who better to talk about this! Extremely grateful to
@imVkohli for spending time with the team and motivating them before today’s match!,” the tweet read.

How to turn a Setback into a Comeback – who better to talk about this! 🙌

Extremely grateful to @imVkohli for spending time with the team and motivating them before today’s match! 😇

Video at 9 am tomorrow! 🎥#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #WPL2023 #UPWvRCB pic.twitter.com/wuWZkfxsAo

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 15, 2023

After a collective show from their bowlers led by Ellyse Perry, whose 3/16 ensured UP Warriorz were bowled out for a moderate 135 in 19.3 overs, RCB sailed past the target with 20-year-old Kanika Ahuja playing the match-winning knock of 46 off 30 balls with eight fours and one six. She put on a 60-run stand with India keeper Richa Ghosh (31 not out from 32 balls, 3x4s, 1x6s) who played the second fiddle to perfection.

Ahuja and Ghosh had joined forces at a stage from where the game could have gone either way, with RCB having lost four wickets with 60 runs on the board and a tricky challenge in front of them.

But the two young batters played with a lot of conviction and command, not allowing UP Warriorz any opportunity to make further inroads until they had ensured a win for their side.

RCB had a poor start, losing the in-form Sophie Devine for 14 after early aggression, and captain Smriti Mandhana (0), who had to endure yet another flop show with the bat. The RCB captain was cleaned up by Deepti Sharma off the third ball she faced.

In their previous meeting at the Brabourne Stadium on March 10, UP Warriorz had crushed RCB by a massive 10-wickets in a one-sided game with Alyssa Healy scoring a stunning 96 not out in the winning cause.