Batsman Rajat Patidar has praised Kohli after Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Chennai Kings in IPL 2024 to secure a place in the playoffs. He said that Virat Kohli's energy inspires his teammates to perform better. Kohli came to open the match and registered a strong partnership with Faf du Plessis. He scored 47 runs due to which Bengaluru was successful in scoring 218 runs for five wickets. Patidar said that Virat Kohli creates energy for everyone on the field regardless of the situation. All players learn from him. At the start of the campaign, RCB suffered a major setback in their playoff hopes as they won only one match out of 8 matches. The Bengaluru-based franchise never looked back after that and won six consecutive games to finish in the top four on the points table.
Patidar said that we were confident that we would be successful in changing the marks table. RCB has done this before also. We had experienced players. The team atmosphere was also good. Everyone was confident that there could be a change in the point table. Our team has experienced players like DK, Virat, Calf and Green. I learned a lot from him. His experience helped me a lot.