<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-royal-challengers-bengaluru-stalwart-virat-kohli-urges-teammates-to-put-120-per-cent-effort-ahead-of-season-23621961" rel="nofollow">RCB</a> began their preparations for the upcoming IPL season with an intense three-hour training session at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday.
Opener Virat Kohli was seen playing a few shots and taking on the bowlers in a video posted by RCB on their social media handles.
The session also saw wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma and new recruit all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer spending extended time in the nets.&nbsp;
Iyer found his rhythm after initially struggling, while top-order batter <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ranji-trophy-devdutt-padikkal-set-to-replace-mayank-agarwal-as-karnataka-captain-injured-karun-nair-to-miss-out-on-punjab-clash-23613830" rel="nofollow">Devdutt Padikkal</a> looked composed despite mistiming a few shots against both net bowlers and throwdown specialists.&nbsp;
Jitesh combined wicketkeeping drills with batting and appeared comfortable against short-pitched deliveries.&nbsp;
Veteran pacer <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-virat-kohli-bhuvneshwar-kumar-padikkal-join-royal-challengers-bengaluru-camp-23621458" rel="nofollow">Bhuvneshwar Kumar</a> and leg-spinner Suyash Sharma kept the batters in check with disciplined bowling.
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