{"id":45146,"date":"2026-03-18T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=45146"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:53:07","slug":"watch-ipl-2026-no-announcement-just-aura-virat-kohli-storms-back-to-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/watch-ipl-2026-no-announcement-just-aura-virat-kohli-storms-back-to-bengaluru\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] IPL 2026: No announcement, just aura \u2014 Virat Kohli storms back to Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virat Kohli is back in his IPL home, Bengaluru, after nearly three months, returning to action for the biggest cricket festival. The fan following he carries is insane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RCBTweets\/status\/2034110257010798827?s=20\">www.twitter.com\/RCBTweets\/status\/2034110257010798827?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the theme song of KGF Chapter 1, the arrival of Virat Kohli was introduced by Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019s social media handle without revealing his face\u2014just an intro with shadows, carrying his normal bag, a watch in his left hand, and a casual look featuring a blue shirt and black trousers. The word \u201cArrival\u201d at the airport hinted at the King\u2019s return to his cricketing hometown.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fans rushed to see their King at Bengaluru International Airport. Towards the end, he is seen sitting in a car, with cameras showing signals turning red and \u201c18\u201d\u2014the iconic jersey number of Virat Kohli while heading into Bengaluru city traffic. The video ends with the blasting quote:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cYou don\u2019t have to see him\u2026 to know he\u2019s coming.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post is already viral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fans are eagerly waiting to see their King in India, especially in Bengaluru. The excitement is worth watching as they rush toward him at the airport. Some users wrote in the comments with iconic dialogues like, \u201cMujhko pehchan lo, main hoon kaun\u2026 King is arrived.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another user wrote: \u201cSome arrivals don\u2019t need announcements\u2026 they have an aura. The king is almost here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For some, the excitement is emotional: \u201cBro the way my heart skipped when I read \u2018check the calendar\u2019 I\u2019m already crying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talking about the latest update on the IPL schedule, the first match is going to be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, you heard it right\u2014the King\u2019s home. After getting approval from the BCCI and I88PL governing body in India to host five IPL matches, the excitement is crazy. As Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first-ever title last year, ending a long wait, fans are even more excited for the matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli is back in his IPL home, Bengaluru, after nearly three months, returning to action for the biggest cricket\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":45147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3801,3804,965],"class_list":["post-45146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-ipl","tag-rcb","tag-virar-kohli"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45146"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45156,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45146\/revisions\/45156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}