<p>Royal Challengers Bangalore need to rediscover the joy of cricket if they are to end their Indian Premier League (IPL) title drought, captain Virat Kohli has said.</p>.<p>Star-studded Bangalore have reached three finals of the Twenty20 league but are one of only three existing franchises -- along with Delhi and Punjab -- not to have won the title.</p>.<p>"You go after something so badly, and it keeps running away from you," Kohli told former England batsman and ex-RCB teammate Kevin Pietersen in an Instagram chat.</p>.<p>"It has just that added pressure in recent years. We've just thought, 'this is the season, this is the season', and that's blown us all over the place.</p>.<p>"I think we need to get that joy back," Kohli said.</p>.<p>The India captain acknowledged that expectations were bound to be high from a team featuring some of the most destructive Twenty20 batsmen in cricket.</p>.<p>"When you have some of the biggest names to play for RCB, obviously there's going to be much more attention on the team.</p>.<p>"Even with this team -- myself, AB (de Villiers) and (Chris) Gayle has played recently for us as well -- we're always going to be more in focus. We've spoken about it," Kohli said.</p>.<p>"We've reached three finals ... but those things are irrelevant till the time you don't win that title.</p>.<p>"Even when we've had the best team, we've just not been able to do it. That's one of our main goals. We deserve to win the title," Kohli said.</p>.<p>Their bid for a maiden IPL title will have to wait though, as the start of this year's tournament has been put back to April 15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with another postponement seemingly inevitable.</p>
<p>Royal Challengers Bangalore need to rediscover the joy of cricket if they are to end their Indian Premier League (IPL) title drought, captain Virat Kohli has said.</p>.<p>Star-studded Bangalore have reached three finals of the Twenty20 league but are one of only three existing franchises -- along with Delhi and Punjab -- not to have won the title.</p>.<p>"You go after something so badly, and it keeps running away from you," Kohli told former England batsman and ex-RCB teammate Kevin Pietersen in an Instagram chat.</p>.<p>"It has just that added pressure in recent years. We've just thought, 'this is the season, this is the season', and that's blown us all over the place.</p>.<p>"I think we need to get that joy back," Kohli said.</p>.<p>The India captain acknowledged that expectations were bound to be high from a team featuring some of the most destructive Twenty20 batsmen in cricket.</p>.<p>"When you have some of the biggest names to play for RCB, obviously there's going to be much more attention on the team.</p>.<p>"Even with this team -- myself, AB (de Villiers) and (Chris) Gayle has played recently for us as well -- we're always going to be more in focus. We've spoken about it," Kohli said.</p>.<p>"We've reached three finals ... but those things are irrelevant till the time you don't win that title.</p>.<p>"Even when we've had the best team, we've just not been able to do it. That's one of our main goals. We deserve to win the title," Kohli said.</p>.<p>Their bid for a maiden IPL title will have to wait though, as the start of this year's tournament has been put back to April 15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with another postponement seemingly inevitable.</p>