Ahead of IPL 2026, ViratKohli gets a new full sleeve tattoo

Indian cricketing genius and Royal Challengers Bengaluru star batter Kohli got a new full sleeve tattoo on his left hand.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 is just around the corner, and ahead of the league, Indian cricketing genius and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star player ViratKohli got a full sleeve tattoo. The video of the same has now gone viral on the internet.

ViratKohli gets a full sleeve tattoo ahead of IPL 2026.

The cricketing star got a full-sleeve tattoo from Aliens Tattoo India, which shared the video on Instagram, and it has since gone viral. According to the company, the tattoo symbolises Kohli’s journey. On its website, Aliens Tattoo India wrote, “This was not about adding another tattoo. It was about creating something that carries depth, something that reflects who he has become. This piece draws from his journey as a person. It reflects the transformation he has gone through, what he has moved beyond, what he has arrived at, and the direction he continues to move in. At every inflection point in his life, he has shed parts of who he once was, through discipline, through focus, through an unwavering sense of belief. And yet, not everything was left behind. Some parts stayed. Some became stronger. And much more was added – to his personality, to his beliefs, to the way he approaches life today. His new full sleeve tattoo reflects exactly that.”

More on what the company wrote about Kohli’s new tattoo.

In its statement, the website added, “His left arm was not a blank canvas. It already carried years of ink, an incomplete armband, older tattoos, elements that belonged to different phases of his life. Some had aged. Some had lost their clarity. Some no longer reflected the precision and intent they once held. The approach was deliberate. Some parts needed to be covered. Some needed to be refined and restored. And much more needed to be added – with purpose. To take scattered fragments and transform them into a single, cohesive sleeve that flows as one.”