THIS star shares golden experience with Virat Kohli during RCB days, says…, his name is…

Jacob Bethell from England recently spoke about what it was like to play alongside India’s Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL. The young player has appeared in nine games for the team over two seasons.

Jacob Bethell opens up on unforgettable experience of batting with Virat Kohli

He remembered the first time he opened the batting with Kohli at RCB’s home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bethell talked about the amazing atmosphere there, with the crowd cheering and shouting Kohli’s name really loudly.

The 22-year-old said the noise was so intense that he couldn’t even hear himself think. He shared all this on the YouTube channel The Super Over.

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“We were walking out to bat, and I couldn’t hear myself think. They’re just going, ‘Kohli..Kohli,’ the place is bouncing, there’s no really gap in it. They feel like they’re on top of you. Luckily enough, we managed to put on a few runs. I scored a few, he scored a few. I remember I hit my second ball for four, and I had never heard a sound that loud.“

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Jacob Bethell reveals Virat Kohli’s advice during their partnership at RCB

Jacob Bethell also said Kohli didn’t give him many tips during their partnership. He just kept cheering him on and told him to keep going.

“He is good with, like comes off the field and stuff, but he didn’t say a whole lot that game because I think I was going pretty well at the time, in terms of the knock. It’s just more encouragement rather than anything like you can play a shot, and you hear him go at the other end, ‘shot man!’“

Meanwhile, RCB bought Bethell for ₹2.60 crore in the big IPL 2025 auction. The talented youngster played seven matches in the team’s winning IPL 2026 season. However, he couldn’t make a big impact with the bat, scoring 96 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of 124.67.

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