India, March 22 -- Virat Kohli is set to begin an 18th IPL campaign, having played over 250 matches in the tournament for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Nevertheless, IPL 2025 might be slightly different for Kohli, who announced his retirement from international T20 cricket after last year's World Cup victory.

With Kohli's focus now entirely set on the IPL from a T20 perspective, there have been some who have wondered how this mentality shift will affect him. However, his former teammate Piyush Chawla backed him to show up for RCB when it matters most.

Speaking to ANI, Chawla said: "He is somebody who has always delivered for his team. If you see the numbers, the number speaks for itself. And strike rate, we talk about so much. But his st...