RCB captain Rajat Patidar on Sunday commented that legendary Virat Kohli is “used to doing great things,” and his presence in the dressing room was important after they won their second IPL title back-to-back. However, Kohli anchored RCB’s chase of 156 against GT in the final with an unbeaten 75 as well.
“If I speak about Virat Kohli, I don’t have words to explain him. He is used to doing great things,” Patidar told reporters. “He is a great player, everyone knows him – the way he bats. We all have an opportunity to learn from him on and off the field. We spend lot of time with him and try to learn whatever he says, regarding cricket or anything else.”
Patidar further added, “He reaches out to players to talk about cricket. I always keep watching him — what he does and the one thing is that his energy in the nets is same as it is in the match.”
Meanwhile, Rajat Patidar also became the second captain after MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma to win the IPL title back-to-back. MS Dhoni achieved the feat with CSK in 2010 and 2011, while Rohit Sharma led MI to glory in 2019 and 2020 as well.
“Last year was a lot of pressure, this year was more calm because the way we played throughout the tournament, we dominated this year,” said Patidar. “So we were pretty much confident that if we are playing like this we are definitely going to win the second title for RCB.”
On his style of captaincy, Rajat Patidar said, “I am not expressive but at the same time I am aware of the game situation. Of course you need a backing, as I said there was a lot of backing by the management and the players as well.”
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