Before the start of IPL 2026, Virat Kohli selected his all-time XI for Royal Challengers Bangalore, in which he also selected himself. Apart from this, let us know whom King Kohli included in his team and to which player he handed over the command of the team. Rest he selected four very interesting foreign players.

chose myself for the opening

Kohli chose Chris Gayle along with himself for the opening. Let us tell you that Virat has been handling the responsibility of opening for RCB for a long time.

De Villiers at number three

For the third position, King Kohli kept former South African batsman AB de Villiers in his eleven.

Middle order chosen like this

Kohli started the middle order with KL Rahul. He placed Rahul at fourth position. Kohli placed Rajat Patidar at number five, under whose captaincy the team won the title of the 2025 season. Along with this, Kohli also talked about Patidar’s ability to play spin. At number six he chose wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik.

4 bowlers selected

Kohli selected four bowlers in his eleven and placed Harshal Patel at number seven. After this, veteran Anil Kumble was given place at number eight. Then Mitchell Starc was placed at number nine. After this, Dale Steyn was placed at 10th position and Yuzvendra Chahal at 11th position.

Top order
Middle-order
Pace attack
Spin-twins

Find out who breaks into King Kohli’s all-time RCB XI

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Which player was chosen as captain?

In the video shared by RCB, Kohli selected only his 11. He did not hand over the responsibility of captaincy to any player. Kohli himself has captained the team a lot.

Kohli’s all time RCB XI

Chris Gayle (foreign), Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (foreign), KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Harshal Patel, Anil Kumble, Mitchell Starc (foreign), Dale Steyn (foreign), Yuzvendra.

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