Royal Challengers Bangalore continued a long standing tradition -- by kicking off a new IPL season with a football game.

Captain Virat Kohli's Hot Dogs took on A B de Villiers's Cool Cats.

'Kicking off the IPL season with a football match has been a tradition at RCB for many years. It was all smiles in the camp when AB's Cool Cats took on Virat's Hot Dogs,' RCB captioned the video on Instagram.