Vish Desai

Entrepreneur, SFF buff, avid Cricket and Tennis watcher...

[Chirag Mehta @imchikachirag]

Nineteen seasons.

Nineteen summers.
Nineteen auctions.
Nineteen fresh squads.
Nineteen times people said, “maybe this year age catches up.”
Nineteen times bowlers made plans.
Nineteen times fans carried hope into another IPL.
And through all of it, one man remained.
Virat Kohli in red and gold.
We have seen entire IPL eras rise and disappear in front of our eyes. Legends changed teams. Captains changed cities. Generations changed. The league itself transformed from fearless cricket into data-driven cricket into power-hitting madness.
But one thing somehow stayed untouched.
A man walking out for RCB with impossible expectations on his shoulders.

And still delivering.

Not for 2 seasons.
Not for 5.
Not for a purple patch.

For nearly TWO DECADES.

People will talk about the numbers.
The thousands of runs.
The hundreds.
The chases.
The consistency.
The records.

And yes, they matter.

But statistics alone cannot explain what Virat Kohli has meant to this league.

Because numbers do not capture loyalty.
Numbers do not capture pressure.
Numbers do not capture what it means to carry the hopes of one franchise for 19 straight years in the loudest cricket tournament on earth.
Twelve different IPL seasons with 400+ runs.
Think about that for a second.
In a format designed for chaos…
in a league designed to expose weakness…
through injuries, form slumps, captaincy pressure, scrutiny, trolling, expectations and changing teammates…

he still found a way to show up.

Again.
And again.
And again.
Tonight was not just another innings.
It was another reminder.
That greatness is not only about peaks.
It is about returning.
Every single season.
Every single time people doubt.
Every single time the game evolves.
Every single time younger stars arrive.
And still being the standard.
There are players with bigger power.
Players with crazier strike rates.
Players with shorter bursts of brilliance.

But there has never been another Virat Kohli.

Because nobody has blended hunger, skill, fitness, passion, loyalty, pressure and longevity quite like this man.

For RCB fans, he is not just a player anymore.
He is memory.
He is childhood for one generation.
Adulthood for another.
And inspiration for the next.
Someday the IPL will continue without him.
RCB will continue without him.
New stars will come.
New heroes will rise.

But there will always be a silence when fans realize they once lived in an era where Virat Kohli opened the batting for RCB every summer.
And made it feel normal.

Love you @imVkohli to the moon and back.

[Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan (Doc) @SundarSrik]

Reflections++: an @iitm alum posted this morning ji - how do I get into campus without an alum card?
Best response from another @iitm alum was 'wear a Swiggy or Zomato Tshirt' and ride in on a 2 wheeler! 🙂

[Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan (Doc) @SundarSrik]

Reflections++: A wonderful moment indeed to relive the past, @iitmadras @IITMAA - we won the gold after 31 yrs.
With the team - #Dillen and co, a brilliant team effort! Way2go! 👍

[Supriya Sahu IAS @supriyasahuias]

And the epic journey begins again in all its glory. Three new travellers, Apapang (adult male) orange track, Alang (young female) Yellow track, and Ahu (adult female) Red Track, were satellite-tagged on 11th November 2025 as part of the Manipur Amur Falcon Tracking Project (Phase 2) by @wii_india . In just days, Apapang has stunned trackers with an extraordinary non-stop flight, already cutting across central India and now skimming the Arabian Sea, poised for a 3,000 km oceanic crossing to Somalia,one of the most demanding journeys undertaken by any raptor on the planet. From the forests of Manipur to the vast African landscapes that await them, these tiny birds barely 150 grams continue to remind us of the sheer wonder of migration, and why India’s protection of stopover sites has become a global conservation story. What a wonder ! Credits @sureshwii
#AmurFalcons #BirdMigration

[Aarav @kohli_pagluu]

As Ravichandran Ashwin says bid adieu Test Cricket

Let's have a look at all his wickets in Test Cricket
https://t.co/lbSHhVO6Nh

[FinFloww @FinFloww]

IPL is beating English Premier League & all the other football leagues in the world by a huge margin!

But when football is watched by 4 billion people globally and cricket is watched by only 2 billion people,

then how is IPL doing better?

THREAD: Here's why this is happening🧵

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@sidin 50*100 = 5000, bro. Not 50000.

[Abhishek Mukherjee @ovshake42]

For years, the narrative of cricket was that only the teams who ended up with Test status actually loved the game.

But there have been others with the same passion, but for some reason did not move into Test cricket.

@ajarrodkimber @Nickamc, and I tell their stories.
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[itihaasa Research and Digital @itihaasa]

An excerpt from Against All Odds The IT Story of India by @kris_sg @n_dayasindhu and @Krishnan8gk.
Available for pre-order at
https://t.co/MulTDnZlru
@PenguinIndia

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@ajchaudhary2020 @ESPNcricinfo https://t.co/O0kBbELuaz

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

I've been in this industry for decades, I have a massive chip on my shoulder, and I lack the energy to care about anything anymore.

Oh, and I'm your next interview candidate. You will Remember® this interview. I will *NOT* be the most uncomfortable person here. Let's begin.

[Anand Manikutty @100PuzzlesSolvd]

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[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@ismailbarri34 @cricketaakash All pitches are local... No one flies one in for a match.

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@jacqueskallis74 @WisdenCricket 3 out of 8 is "all"? 🤔

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@divyastweets R. Daneel Olivaw - the #robot from Asimov

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@Kalpagerstuff @robelinda2 @quotejester It's been tried already... luckily for the rest of us, it wasn't successful:

https://t.co/xVIkOQnpJF

Anything more on this, Rob?

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@robelinda2 @quotejester Already looking forward to seeing this again in 2041 and 2046 👍

[Souvik Paul @spmazumdar123]

Go Air flights delayed without prior information.Sitting in Airport for hours with 1000 of people.Hello COVID. What pathetic mismanagement by Go Air. No clarity, no information, hardly any official. Guys, be responsible @GoAirFlights @GoFirstairways @AAI_Official @LehAirport

[Vish Desai @shadyvd]

@ovshake42 The Gabbattoir Trophy, of course 😀

[Arnab Ray @greatbong]

Doubt they would throw Gill straight up to the slaughter. It can end his career right there with a few ducks.