Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Director of Cricket, Mo Bobat, has said that there is enough public and the country’s attention on Virat Kohli and the latter doesn’t want any more of it, as the focus firmly shifts to IPL 2025, where the team will take on the Kolkata Knight Riders as the last phase of the tournament begins. Kohli announced his retirement from Tests on May 12, bringing down the curtains on an illustrious career. Bobat said that Kohli is ambitious about what the franchise can achieve this season, adding that the latter can be proud of his time in the whites for India. “First thing to say is, Virat Kohli’s just business as usual. There’s enough of the public and the nation’s attention on him, he doesn’t want any more of that. He just wants to get on with business, he is usually ambitious about what we can achieve with RCB,” Bobat said while speaking at the pre-match press conference. “I would like to say, though, that he should be incredibly proud of what he’s done as a Test player for India. RCB as a franchise, we are all incredibly proud of what every one of our players does in an India shirt, but in particular, him,” Bobat added. The RCB director of cricket, who was working with the England side before his stint with the franchise, said that Kohli was always the batter one wanted to get out in Tests. “He was always the batter you wanted to get out. You knew that if he was either in the pavilion to come or at the crease, you were in trouble. Some of my fondest memories of watching Tests involve him,” Bobat said. “I’ll never forget the 2018 India series in England. The Test at Edgbaston, watching James Anderson and him do battle like two gladiators. I think James Anderson must have bowled nine overs on the trot at him,” Bobat added. A win against Kolkata on Saturday, May 17, will hand Bengaluru a place in the playoffs. The loudest cheers will be reserved for Kohli, who announced his retirement from Tests earlier this week.