Hoping against Hope

I am just done

[फ @FlaviaNagpal]

respectfully, never moving on from this

[Netflix @netflix]

A Bridgerton brothers reunion 🥹

[King In The North👑👑 @KingInThe2North]

F3ck BCCI, F3ck Gautam Gambhir, F3ck Ajit Agarkar.... let's rewatch Rajat Patidar's iconic 112(54) from IPL 2022 playoffs against G@ndu Gambhir's LSG

[Kevin @imkevin149]

Thankyou Rajat patidar
Thankyou Virat Kohli
Thankyou venkatesh iyer
Thankyou Josh Hazlewood
Thankyou Krunal pandya
Thankyou Phil salt
Thankyou Bhuvi
Thankyou Jitesh sharma
Thankyou Tim David
Thankyou Devdutt padikal
Thankyou Suyash sharma
Thankyou Romario
Thankyou rashik salam

Thank you RCB management owners and fans 🥹❤️

[Dr Frodo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Drfrodo_]

You cannot be bad at cricket when Ab devilliers himself named you as his successor 5 years back itself

Sir Rajat Patidar was destined to greatness 🗿

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

Tonight. ⏳❤️‍🔥

#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2026

[Rebecca Aguilar (on Blue Sky & LinkedIn) @RebeccaAguilar]

Everyone COPY this video, share it far and wide. Paramount Skydance billionaire baby David Ellison can’t handle that Stephen Colbert is getting millions of views . @Youtube we will cancel our subscription as we did when we dumped @paramountplus.

[Hazel @YashViratstan]

Statue of Dinesh Karthik in front of Chinnaswamy Stadium for bringing Bhuvi to RCB 😭❤️

[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.

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

Fiercely. Competitively. Unapologetically. That's how Virat Kohli played Test cricket. ❤️‍🔥

Somewhere along the way, he made the world fall in love with the purest format of the game. 🫡

One year ago, #OnThisDay, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test Cricket and all we can say is: 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮, 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴. 🇮🇳🥹

#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

Empathy matters. This Mother’s Day, we are holding in our hearts people who are missing their mothers.

Thank you, Andrew Garfield, @elmo and @sesamestreet, for this compassionate conversation.

#MothersDay #EmpathyMatters #BeLove #SesameStreet #TheKingCenter

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

THE MANTRA OF BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR:

“Motivation is overrated, discipline keeps me going”.

[Aman @ProteinKohlii]

- Players will be changed
- Captain will be changed
- Jersey Colour will be changed

But My loyalty through RCB will never change.

[Hoping against Hope @y_things_matter]

Can I just rolled sleeves and open shirt, proper Delhi bad boy vibes is just 🤤🤤❤️❤️❤️

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

Dilli, you were kind. ❤️
Dilli fans, you were loud. 🙏
12th Man Army, hope we made you proud. 🤝

🛫 Next stop on the tour, Amdavad. 🙌

#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2026

[Homie @homelander_yyy]

IPL so far this season 🔥

[Hoping against Hope @y_things_matter]

He is and always will be … uncompromisingly giving his best and we respect and love him for it. @mdsirajofficial proving every freaking time, persistence and hardworking beats talent everyday of the week and twice on Sundays

[Abhishek AB @ABsay_ek]

Gujarat Titans have assembled a bowling attack that looks like a fantasy draft gone right. Rabada still touches 150 kmph after a decade. Ashok Sharma sends speed guns into meltdown. Prasidh Krishna collects wickets through the middle like a hobby. Rashid Khan remains the ATG of T20.
Among all these names, Mohammad Siraj simply does what he has always done for India: he works, persists, delivers & asks for nothing in return.

Impact Player rule arrived in 2023 & turned bowling into punishment. Batters swing without consequence, lineups run deeper & death overs have become a war zone.
Yet since that rule dropped, Siraj has taken 55 wickets, 2nd most among all IPL pacers. Only Arshdeep sits above him, but Arshdeep concedes at 9.5 an over while Siraj operates at 8.68.
That economy rate might not jump off the page until you place it next to Bhuvneshwar Kumar at 8.97 & Sandeep Sharma at 9.1, both more expensive while taking fewer wickets. Infact Siraj has the best economy among top 10 wicket takers(pacers) in this period in IPL.

What makes this staggering is the body producing these overs. Siraj is not a T20 specialist resting between franchise gigs. He is India’s workhorse in whites, having bowled 744 overs in same period which includes back to back 5 Test series last year, collecting 93 wickets at strike rate of 48.
Add 52 wickets in 33 ODIs at strike rate of 28 & you realize this man spends more time in bowling spells than most youngsters spend in scrolling reels.

Siraj does not rely on sheer pace like Rabada or mystery like Rashid. He bowls with the angry discipline of a man who knows his worth but refuses to advertise it. He hustles in, moves the ball just enough & builds pressure through persistence rather than spectacle.
In a league designed specifically to demolish bowlers, he has become one of the most reliable unsung pacer in the competition, the player coaches trust when the run flow needs choking & captain simply needs a breather.

He will not always end with the best figures or Purple cap, but when the season ends & the stats settle, his name sits near the top again, silent & immovable. Not because he did something viral, because he stopped the bleeding while everyone else was looking at the fireworks.

[Hoping against Hope @y_things_matter]

That’s what I have been saying. Or he should have done 16th and saved one of the pacers for 20th

[RDK 🐿️🇪🇸 @Champ_VK18]

Suyash sharma should have bowled the last over imo

I don't know whether he would have won the match for us but atleast he would have bowled better than Romario shepherd

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

Bhuvi is Art. Art is Bhuvi. ❤️
Blessed are those who witness his craft. 🙇‍♂️

#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2026 #RCBvDC