Spectators at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium are reportedly planning to wear white jerseys/t-shirts for the IPL 2025 clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to pay homage to , who announced his retirement from Test cricket on May 12.

However, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra feels that this will make things difficult, especially for the fielders to sight the white ball. The cricketer-turned-commentator suggested that the fans could wear the No. 18 RCB jersey, which has achieved legendary status thanks to Kohli, instead of sporting white jerseys/t-shirts.

"Another thing that's been heard is that many white T-shirts are being sold. A plan like that has been made to bid farewell to Virat Kohli for the end of his Test career. I am saying do it thoughtfully because the ball will get lost in white T-shirts," Chopra said in a video uploaded on his YouTube channel.

"Keep the tricolor in your heart, wear the RCB jersey, and get Kohli written behind it. Who will field if everyone comes wearing white? The ball will hit the face while taking catches. The ball will get lost among the spectators. So just be a little more careful," he added.

Chopra said that RCB should play Mayank Agarwal at No. 3 in place of the injured Devdutt Padikkal against KKR if they have plans to use him in the playoffs. The 47-year-old opined that if Agarwal can hit good form, it will bode well for the Rajat Patidar-led side in the business end of the tournament.

"If I look at it from RCB's point of view, they have two questions to answer. One is - who in place of Devdutt Padikkal? You have kept Mayank Agarwal in the team. Play him this match for sure if you see him playing in the playoffs. Play him the match, get him to score runs, and come in form so that you don't have form issues when you have come close to the playoffs," he said.

Chopra also feels that RCB could use all-rounder Manoj Bhandage in the lower-middle order and promote Patidar to No. 3.

"You should try to play the team you want to field in the playoffs. The batting order that was seen wasn't bad either. Virat Kohli with Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar at No. 3, Jitesh Sharma at No. 4, Tim David at No. 5, Romario Shepherd at No. 6, and Krunal Pandya after that. Then you would have to keep Manoj Bhandage in the team. You can also make up your mind to go that way," Chopra observed.

He proposed the idea of playing Sri Lankan seamer Nuwan Thushara in league games in place of Lungi Ngidi as the latter is not going to be available in the playoffs due to national commitments. Chopra feels that if Thushara is given game-time in the round-robin phase, it will help him in the playoffs if Josh Hazlewood doesn't return.

"When I look at it from the bowling perspective, Lungi Ngidi is there for now. He picked up wickets in the last match against CSK, but since he is not going to be there in the playoffs, and you don't know about Josh Hazlewood, think about Nuwan Thushara, or else, when will you play him? I think the four overseas will be Phil Salt, Tim David, Romario Shepherd and Lungi Ngidi/Nuwan Thushara," he elaborated.