India, March 15 -- "At this point of time in my life I feel pretty happy. I still love playing the game. Don't get nervous. I'm not making any announcements. As of now, everything is fine," Virat Kohli told a rapt audience at the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit on March 15, just a week before IPL 2025 is set to kick off.

Kohli was coming off a successful Champions Trophy campaign for him and the Indian team. Albeit one in which he had said after his match-winning century against Pakistan that he was looking forward to some rest before the next match because "At 36, a week off is very good. It takes a lot out of me to put in that much effort."

That Kohli could be out of form or runs was acceptable, but that he could be tired and ...