New Delhi: While IPL 2025 resumes after a 10 -day break, all eyes turn to the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru for the confrontation with high issues between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). But beyond the cricket, it is the stands that will offer a powerful visual, thousands of RCB fans dressed not in the emblematic red and black of the team, but in white.This striking switch is part of a tribute led by fans to Virat Kohli, who recently announced his Test Cricket retirement. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!To honor his legendary red ball career, Bengaluru fans have launched a campaign encouraging all those who attend the match to wear white, the color of test cricket, as a symbolic farewell.Social media were in fullness with the initiative. The messages and posters urging fans to “wear white for Virat” have become viral, and simple white t-shirts with the iconic Kohli 18 would be distributed outside the stadium. It is a sincere tribute to a base of fans that grew up in idolatant Kohli not only as a superstar T20, but as one of the best captains and test strikers in India.The movement highlights the depth of Kohli’s influence transcends formats: its fierce passion, its unrivaled coherence and charisma have left an imprint far beyond the statistics.
Although the night will be all about RCB’s thrust for a place of playoffs, the atmosphere will carry the emotional weight of Kohli farewells in the longest format. Whether RCB wins or not, the White Sea in Chinnaswamy will mark one of the tributes to the most touching fans in the history of IPL, testimony of the lasting heritage of Virat Kohli, the test warrior.
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