Overview
- The RCB batter revealed an expanded left-arm sleeve before Saturday’s IPL opener, featuring a restored Shiva armband, a dotwork mandala, and lotus and peony motifs.
- Artists first rebuilt the faded armband’s structure and contrast, then extended a mandala from the elbow to serve as the sleeve’s visual anchor.
- The studio shared only select symbolism, highlighting the lotus as a sign of resilience and calm that rises clean from muddy water.
- Aliens Tattoo’s Sunny Bhanushali led the Mumbai project with Allan Gois and Devendra Palav, completing three eight-hour sessions so far with vegan ink.
- The team says the sleeve is intentionally unfinished and Instagram posts of the process drew wide attention as Kohli prepares RCB’s title defence against Sunrisers Hyderabad.