Bengaluru: ‘Impact Player’ has been the subject of much controversy since the introduction of this rule on the stage of IPL (IPL 2026). Many cricketers, many coaches have taken a stand against it. As there is no ‘Impact Player’ rule in international cricket, many people do not want this on the stage of IPL either. Virat Kohli is in that list. Did he not talk about quitting the game after this strange rule started in IPL? That information was leaked by Virat’s teammate in RCB, Swastik Chikara. But later King Kohli changed his decision. But when the former Indian captain changed his mind?

Virat Kohli played as an impact player in the RCB vs Lucknow match. But he didn’t want that. But still, King Kohli wants to play as an impact player without leaving the game. Swastik Chikara said, “Virat Kohli said as long as I play cricket, as long as I am fully fit, I will not play like an impact player. I will play like a lion. I will field the entire 20 overs and then bat. The day I have to play as an impact player, I will quit cricket.”

Last year Virat Kohli said the same thing in the RCB camp. But this year something happened that finally IPLKing Kohli played as an impact player on the stage. Got injured while batting against Mumbai Indians. For which Kohli was not seen on the field during the fielding in the Lucknow match. Although Virat played an innings of 49 runs from 34 balls with the bat.