Ex-India cricketer Abhinav Mukund said he feels RCB batter Virat Kohli, who scored 54(30) against LSG in IPL 2025, was "riled up" after the match's first innings. "He came in with all of those juices flowing, with the anger of the first innings, those misfields, and the lacklustre bowling performance," he stated. Mukund added, "It just gave him another gear."