Virat Kohli has been able to "disconnect" from the underwhelming seasons that he and Royal Challengers Bangalore have endured in the IPL and there is a welcome "sense of calm" as he prepares to lead the side this year, something he last felt in 2016.

Despite the presence of champion players like Kohli and AB de Villiers, RCB, in the last three seasons, have failed to even qualify for the play-offs. The team last played the final in 2016, a season in which Kohli struck an unprecedented four hundreds. "The 2016 IPL, we all loved to be a part of [it]. Since then, this is the most balanced I have felt about [the] squad," the Indian skipper said on RCB’s YouTube show Bold Diaries, sharing his thoughts on the upcoming edition of IPL 2020 starting September 19 in the UAE.