{"id":49497,"date":"2026-04-20T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49497"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:00:35","slug":"virat-kohli-visits-vrindavan-amid-online-controversy-over-recent-social-media-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/virat-kohli-visits-vrindavan-amid-online-controversy-over-recent-social-media-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli visits Vrindavan amid online controversy over recent social media episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kohli visits Vrindavan amid online noise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were in Vrindavan to seek blessings from Premanand Ji Maharaj. Both have been seen visiting Vrindavan many times to seek blessings from Premanand Ji Maharaj. The visit quickly drew attention online, coming days after a social media episode involving a German influencer, LizLaz, which had already put Kohli in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The timing led to mixed reactions. Some fans welcomed the visit, while others linked it to the recent controversy. The online chatter has stayed around Kohli despite his consistent run this season, showing how off-field moments continue to shape the conversation around him.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the video \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KohliSensation\/status\/2046118267698516298\">https:\/\/x.com\/KohliSensation\/status\/2046118267698516298<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Form steady, RCB stay in the mix<\/h3>\n<p>On the field, Kohli\u2019s numbers remain strong. He has 247 runs in six matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, averaging 49.40 with a strike rate of 157.32. He is currently third in the Orange Cap race, keeping RCB in contention near the top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>RCB sit second with four wins, though their recent loss to Delhi Capitals in the final over has added pressure. That defeat, a six-wicket chase, exposed gaps at the death and could matter later in the tournament.<\/p>\n<h3>Next test against Gujarat Titans<\/h3>\n<p>RCB\u2019s next game is against Gujarat Titans on April 24 in Bengaluru. It comes at a time when the team needs to respond quickly and avoid slipping after a strong start.<\/p>\n<p>For Kohli, the focus returns to batting. Despite the noise around him, his form has not dipped. The bigger question is whether RCB can tighten their execution in close games and hold their position in the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kohli visits Vrindavan amid online noise Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were in Vrindavan to seek blessings from Premanand Ji\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":49513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1652,4057,1173,1539],"class_list":["post-49497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-anushka-virat","tag-top-stories","tag-virat","tag-virat-kholi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49497","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=49497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49501,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49497\/revisions\/49501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}