After finally lifting the IPL trophy with Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2025, a moment fans waited 18 years, Virat Kohli stopped before the crowd, containing the tears and pronounced an emotional speech. But even in the brightness of a long -awaited T20 title, Kohli’s mind returned to the red ball format that shapes his career and identity of Cricket.

While describing the IPL final as “one of the best moments” he has experienced, Kohli was clear: “It still marks five levels under the trial cricket. That is how much I value the trial cricket. That is how much I love the trial cricket.”

Kohli virat: “Crick test wins you respect”

Kohli officially retired from Test Cricket earlier this year, knocking down the curtain into a legendary race in the red ball. In 123 tests, he accumulated 9,230 races, including 30 centuries and a winning legacy of the match as Captain. But beyond the numbers, it was their intensity and passion for the format that made it highlight. The way he took India to Victorias abroad, brought a quick revolution and made the home games at home an unmissable event, earned him the fans and cricket companions equally.

Speaking after the victory for the title of RCB, Kohli made his attention to try the Cricket: “If you act in the trial cricket, you walk anywhere in the world, people look in your eyes and give you your hand and say: ‘Well done, you played the game very well.”

For the next generation of Cricket players, he offered heart advice: “Take the trial cricket, give your heart and soul. When you go out with wonders on the other side, you want the respect of the Cricket’s world and legends.”

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Kohli’s decision to get away from the trial Cricket while working at the highest level was not only surprising, it was deeply symbolic. He reflected a man who had achieved everything he had proposed in the format he appreciated most, and who was ready to close the chapter with dignity and pride.

The victory of the IPL title with RCB was the final box that remained to mark in an already brilliant race. And although he placed it in the “five levels” test cryket, you can’t deny how much it meant for him emotionally.

With his career in the red ball now behind him, Kohli leaves a legacy that few can match, not only in races and records, but in the way he inspired a generation to treat the trial cricket not as an obligation, but as a privilege.

In an era of stardor T20, Kohli’s farewell words about the trial cricket are a timely reminder of the best format of the game.

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