Wankhede roars! Noise hits 138 dB as Virat Kohli gets Dhoni-like welcome

Virat Kohli at Wankhede stadium. (Video seize)

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli obtained a thunderous welcome on the Wankhede Stadium on Monday as Royal Challengers Bengaluru confronted Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.
When the RCB star walked out to bat, chants of “Kohli, Kohli” erupted throughout the long-lasting venue, with the official broadcaster’s ‘shor meter’ registering a staggering 138 decibels — one of many loudest roars ever recorded in IPL historical past.
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The electrical reception was paying homage to the house crowd frenzy at Chepauk for MS Dhoni, popularly identified as ‘Thala’. In reality, Kohli’s Wankhede entry echoed Dhoni’s latest reception in Chennai, the place the roar was so deafening that even MI proprietor Nita Ambani was seen masking her ears.

Kohli didn’t disappoint the ocean of followers. During his blistering knock of 67 off 42 balls, he grew to become the primary Indian cricketer to breach the 13,000-run mark in T20s — becoming a member of legends like Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard within the elite membership.
The 36-year-old now has 13,050 runs in 402 T20 matches, with 9 tons of and 99 fifties. His reputation continues to soar, and Wankhede’s roar on Monday was one more testomony to Kohli’s iconic standing in Indian cricket.