{"id":19285,"date":"2026-06-10T08:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/friends-with-virat-kohli-englands-fifa-world-cup-bound-captain-harry-kane-teases-rcb-with-witty-post-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:41:42","slug":"friends-with-virat-kohli-englands-fifa-world-cup-bound-captain-harry-kane-teases-rcb-with-witty-post-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/friends-with-virat-kohli-englands-fifa-world-cup-bound-captain-harry-kane-teases-rcb-with-witty-post-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends with Virat Kohli, England&#8217;s FIFA World Cup-bound captain Harry Kane teases RCB with witty post | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131622612,imgsize-56508,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/virat-kohli-and-harry-kane.jpg\" alt=\"Friends with Virat Kohli, England's FIFA World Cup-bound captain Harry Kane teases RCB with witty post\" title=\"Virat Kohli and Harry Kane\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Virat Kohli and Harry Kane\">Virat Kohli and Harry Kane<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>England captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harry-kane\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Harry Kane<\/a> showed off his cricketing skills and sense of humour as the Three Lions continued preparations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fifa-world-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>, with the star striker playfully offering his services to England Cricket and IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>On Tuesday, England&#8217;s footballers swapped the training pitch for a cricket field during a team bonding session ahead of the World Cup. Kane was among the players enjoying the game and later shared multiple photos of his exploits on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>\u201cAlways ready if needed, @englandcricket &amp; @RCBTweets!\u201d Kane wrote on X, sparking reactions from both football and cricket fans.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The post comes just days after Kane congratulated <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on their successful IPL title defence. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The Bayern Munich forward, who shares a friendship with Kohli, had praised the Indian cricket icon following RCB&#8217;s five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cWhat a player and what a knock @virat.kohli! Congrats @royalchallengers.bengaluru on making it back to back IPL titles,\u201d Kane wrote on Instagram.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>RCB&#8217;s latest triumph cemented their place among the IPL&#8217;s elite franchises. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>After ending an 18-year wait for a maiden title in 2025, the Bengaluru-based side successfully defended their crown in 2026, becoming only the third team after Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians to win consecutive IPL titles.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Meanwhile, Kane remains central to England&#8217;s World Cup ambitions, although manager Thomas Tuchel is expected to carefully manage the striker&#8217;s workload during the group stage due to concerns over extreme weather conditions across tournament venues in the United States, Mexico and Canada.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>The 32-year-old enjoyed another prolific season with Bayern Munich, scoring 61 goals in 51 appearances across all competitions. He has also maintained his remarkable form for England, netting five times in five matches since September 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>England open their World Cup campaign against Croatia, with Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney also expected to play key roles as Tuchel looks to keep his captain fresh for the latter stages of the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/friends-with-virat-kohli-englands-fifa-world-cup-bound-captain-harry-kane-teases-rcb-with-witty-post\/articleshow\/131622533.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli and Harry Kane England captain Harry Kane showed off his cricketing skills and sense of humour as the Three Lions continued preparations for the FIFA World Cup, with the star striker playfully offering his services to England Cricket and IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru.On Tuesday, England&#8217;s footballers swapped the training pitch for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}