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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Malolan Rangarajan, the spin bowling coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), believes that talismanic batter Virat Kohli coming good against left-arm spinners in IPL 2025 has been just down to him deciding how he wants to take down a particular type of bowling.

Kohli is the second leading run-getter of the ongoing season with 392 runs in nine games. But what’s been the most striking aspect of his performance has been him maintaining a strike-rate of 142.42 against left-arm spinners, something which was his weak point.

Kohli’s match-up against Axar Patel and wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav will be in sharp focus when third-placed RCB take on second ranked Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday evening. “I'll try to break this down into two halves - number one, it wasn't only Virat last season who was not batting at the desired strike rate, it was the whole team.”