Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) opener Virat Kohli has an indifferent record against the Rajasthan Royals (RR), especially at their home ground. However, he expects Kohli to come good when the two teams meet in an IPL 2024 clash in Jaipur on Saturday, April 6 as well.

In his YouTube video, Aakash Chopra said, “The player I am going to talk about first, I feel the entire world and even the aliens’ focus will be on him because his name is Virat Kohli. Will he score runs in this match? There is a disturbing kind of stat for the Virat Kohli fans. Amongst all teams, his numbers against Rajasthan Royals are close to the bottom of the table. If we see all the grounds, his numbers at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium are close to the bottom of the table. So you feel that this guy hits everyone but not against them, hits everywhere else but not at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. I believe that let bygones be bygones and a new story needs to be written now.”

Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also noted that Virat Kohli doesn’t crumble but flourishes under pressure as well. While observing that Virat Kohli will be up against Trent Boult and Nandre Burger, he also expects him to score big. And, Aakash Chopra named Glenn Maxwell as the second RCB player to watch out for as well.

“The second player I am thinking about is Glenn Maxwell. Interestingly enough, his batting numbers against this team are good. Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin are there in front of him. You say it is an ego battle and he will lose it but he scores runs. I am thinking whether Reece Topley could be the third player. I am just going with Reece Topley because he has very good numbers against Jos Buttler. He has dismissed him many times. He got him out last time when they had a head-to-head in the SA20,” Aakash Chopra concluded.