Virat Kohli Shares Special Moment With Anushka Sharma After Guiding RCB To Second Successive IPL Title - Watch

Virat Kohli led with the bat as Royal Challengers Bengaluru clinched a second successive Indian Premier League title on Sunday. Chasing a modest 156-run target at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the veteran batter smashed an unbeaten 75 to take RCB home with 12 balls to spare. He sealed the win with a four followed by a six down the ground, before breaking into a unique celebration. Meanwhile, his actor wife Anushka Sharma found it hard to control her emotions in the stands. Kohli also blew a flying kiss to Anushka, who responded with great joy.

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For someone who has carried the weight of expectations season after season, Kohli on Sunday acknowledged the current RCB outfit doesn't expect him to step up every time with multiple match-winner in its ranks.

"We've had to wait for so long and then just to have a group of guys where you feel like you're stepping onto the ground, you don't need to be the one to step up every time," Kohli told host broadcaster.

"These guys are behind you (and) around you, who can win games of cricket for you. We have so many Man of the Match awards spread throughout the group as well." "You look at world-class bowling of Hoff (Josh Hazlewood), Bhuv (Bhuvneshwar Kumar), Duff (Jacob Duffy), and Krunal Pandya - you can bank on him as good as ever - Rasikh (Salam) Dar was brilliant this season," he added.

Kohli said the current group of RCB players have the balance as well as the strength.

"All the batsmen shipped in as well. I feel so happy to play in a group where we have balance, we have strength, and we are an all-around strong team and that's why we have the confidence we have on the field right now," he said.

Kohli said the final this year felt a lot different than last year.

"I said to a few of the boys that it doesn't feel like the same pressure as last year, we knew what kind of ability we have in the group," he said.

"We topped the table, there's a reason why we got here first and we just said one thing, 'if we stick to our cricket, if we execute our plans, we are the best team in the competition' and there's a reason why we've done well so far." "In the group stage, we ended up topping the league stage and just the skill sets (that) we have, the maturity, the composure of the guys just shown through again tonight and it was a clinical performance brought throughout the tournament," Kohli said.

Kohli said RCB were tested after a short break for them in the season but a close victory over Mumbai Indians in Raipur instilled the belief back in the group.

"After the break, we had a couple of losses... I mean, one loss, and then we had a close win against MI," he said.

"I'd say that week for us was a bit tricky because we wanted to finish top, but as soon as we got there, win against MI, the belief kicked back in, then we had a comprehensive win against KKR and then, yeah, just ended up topping the table and just on our way to the finals," Kohli said. 

(With PTI Inputs)

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