Ninety-nine.
Not a fade. Not a bun. Not the spiky youth cut from 2016. This was a razor-sharp, platinum-blonde, textured crop—swept back with surgical precision, with two lightning-bolt slits shaved into the right temple. It looked like something a K-pop idol would bring to a cyberpunk movie premiere.
Tonight, against the Chennai Super Kings, he walked the walk. When he reached his fifty, he didn’t kiss the chain or raise his bat solemnly. He simply turned to the dugout, ran a hand slowly through that shock of platinum hair, and smirked. ipl 2025 virat kohli hairstyle
The post-match presentation was a blur. The interviewer asked, “Virat, that innings… but everyone’s talking about the new look. Why now?”
Second ball: A vicious yorker angling into the blockhole. Most men would dig it out for a single. Kohli stayed deep in his crease, wrists like whiplash, and paddle-scooped it over the keeper’s head. Six. Ninety-nine
The crowd chanted. “Koh-li! Koh-li!”
The Chinnaswamy was vibrating. On the big screen, a slow-motion replay focused not on the bat, but on his hair—the platinum strands catching the floodlights like a crown, the lightning slits gleaming. Not the spiky youth cut from 2016
The video opened with a close-up. A pair of aviators. A clean-shaven jawline sharper than a cover drive. And then, the reveal.