Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) started their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign with a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). However, a hilarious off-field moment caught the attention when franchise entertainer Mr. Nags humorously trolled former captain Virat Kohli during a recent team video.
The defending champions defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in the series opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on March 28. They chased down the target of 202 runs in just 15.4 overs in front of their home crowd. Kohli scored an unbeaten half-century in the win during his first match.
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Mr Nags accused Royal Challengers Bangalore of fielding five foreign players and joked that Kohli had acquired foreign status. This video quickly went viral on social media platforms.
During the popular RCB Insider segment, Nags questioned Kohli about the online rumours. He said that fans believe that Royal Challengers Bangalore have broken IPL rules by playing five foreign players instead of the sanctioned four.
“People say a lot of things about you on social media. You know, people are saying that RCB is playing five foreign players. I don’t understand what they are really saying,” Naggs asked.
Kohli replied, “I don’t know, why are you asking me? Ask foreign players, why are you asking me? I am not a foreign player.”
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Phil Salt, Tim David, Romario Shepherd and Jacob Duffy were the four foreign players in the RCB lineup. Nags made the joke because Kohli spends his significant personal free time with his family in London.
Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 69 runs and RCB made a great start to IPL 2026.
Virat Kohli made a great start to the IPL 2026 season. Helping his team chase the target, he scored unbeaten 69 runs in 38 balls with the help of five fours and as many sixes.
Kohli chased a big target against the bowling attack of Sunrisers Hyderabad. During the match, Devdutt Padikkal scored 61 runs in just 26 balls, which included seven fours and four sixes.
New foreign fast bowler Jacob Duffy also performed brilliantly. Duffy won the Player of the Match award after taking three important wickets. He dismantled Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting lineup by removing Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Virat Kohli eyes another big season with RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru enter the Indian Premier League 2026 season as the defending champions. Virat Kohli ended their wait for the title last year. Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium to lift their first trophy after eighteen years.
Virat Kohli has been one of the most consistent performers for RCB since the inaugural IPL season. He has scored 8730 runs at an average of 39.86 and strike rate of 133.15, which includes 64 half-centuries and 8 centuries.
The 37-year-old batsman will see his next match as Royal Challengers Bangalore face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday, April 5 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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