Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s CEO Rajesh Menon believes Virat Kohli will play for the franchise for the next three-four years easily. Kohli, 37, is still at the top of his fitness and he has performed consistently for the two-time champions.

The talismanic batter played an instrumental role in taking RCB to glory in IPL 2026, scoring 675 runs in 16 matches of the tournament at a strike rate of 165.84, which is his best-ever strike rate in a single IPL season. 

Furthermore, he scored a match-winning knock of 75 runs off 42 balls in the summit clash against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad in the run chase of 155.

Meanwhile, Kohli has been associated with RCB since the inception of the IPL in 2008. Kohli has said on multiple occasions that he will play only for RCB in his IPL career.

“RCB and Virat are different sides of the same coin,” Rajesh Menon told CNBC TV18. “He has been the constant factor for RCB throughout. We have not seen him not being part of RCB even if he moves out of his cricketing career. We have to figure out.”

“That said, next three-four years, am sure he’ll be playing…for at least four years. He is fit, the hunger never dies. You saw him this IPL season bring on the energy, runs, attitude….everything was there. Three-four years, absolutely no problem.” he added.

Meanwhile, Kohli amassed 657 runs in 16 matches of IPL 2025 and played a key role in taking RCB to glory for the first time in the tournament. Kohli had once again top-scored with 43 runs in the final against Punjab Kings.