India, April 14 -- In the backdrop of power hitting, sixes and a whole lot of strike rate dominated discussions, how about injecting some clarity and balance of thought? Virat Kohli does that quietly, effortlessly and efficiently.

Finishing unbeaten in two out of three fifties so far, both in chased down victories, with margins so comfortable that the games felt mismatched, Kohli has never seemed so at ease with this format. Many reasons can be attributed to Royal Challengers Bengaluru's cruise mode in this IPL, one of them being Kohli not trying too hard.

It partly stems from the fact that he has retired from T20Is and hence isn't under pressure to set an early tempo for India. But it's also not as if he has totally forgotten that gear...