Virat Kohli the right hand Indian batsman is a great aspect of the RCB team. He has lead the team for the past 3 years. On Sunday, the Skipper Virat Kohli said that Royal Challengers Bangalore's have an awesome variegated batting line-up will be able to show their performance better in IPL-8 with the accession of the players such as Darren Sammy and S Badrinath in the team.
Dinesh Karthik was been sold to RCB at the auction apart from the Indian player and former West Indies skipper and then Skipper told that it has accommodate bottom to their batting line-up.
Virat Kohli said that "This season is pretty different for us because for the last three or maybe four years myself, Chris and AB have played under a lot of pressure because the batting revolved around the three of us. If you look at the few other teams, they have a lot of depth in their batting which meant the guys could go and express themselves and play freely that worked for them. We had to be cautious and at the same time look to score runs which sort of put us under pressure at times but this time around we have got Dinesh Karthik, Darren Sammy, Badrinath and youngsters like Mandeep Singh coming into the batting line-up. It is a very strong batting unit this time and we have got really good depth with great mixture of Indian youngsters and great bowlers from around the world and some good power hitters. This season the three of us can play the way we always wanted to play in T20 cricket like you see AB, playing the way he did in the World Cup. I am sure he will be feeling the same and he will be feeling relieved that he can start playing (his shots) from ball one, two or three. That is pretty exciting for us as a team."Kohli that they have a capable squad to secure a goal in Indian Premier League title after getting into in two semi-finals and then into final earlier.
"We always aim to do well in the tournament. We have played the semi-finals twice, played the final once, played the Champions League finals once and it is time that we cross that hurdle and we have a team which can cross the hurdle. I am sure that the players we have retained and bought in the auction, we can create a good combination which gives us a good chance in the tournament. If 11 players believe that we can win then we will surely do well in the tournament."he said.Australian paceman Mitchell Starc, a player of Royal Challengers Bangalore and a World Cup player of tournament will miss starting few matches of Indian Premier League because of injury.
"He has had a couple of weeks rest and he will be joining us after three or four games. It is a great thing because you don't want him to get injured midway of the tournament. He would rather come fresh at the business end. The way he is bowling right now, he is probably the best fast bowler in the world at this stage. We would love to have him at 100% fitness and the way he is bowling, he can turn things around for us later on. I hope he is coming into the good momentum that we create early on and he will only strengthen things for us, when he comes in." Kohli said.Kohli had been asked if the members are distressed after the long Australian tour, he said, "We have been out for a long time and it was a very high intensity tour with the World Cup, Test series and the Tri series. The body breaks down but as professional cricketers we learn how to recover from it and the 8-9 days break in between has helped us in getting recovered. I am looking forward to the IPL as we have a strong team in all the departments and it is going to be an exciting season for us."
Kohli seemed that the players won't find hard to play comply to T20 after playing in the World Cup and Test-series. It is easier to play in the shorter version compared to ODI and Test. On altering the motif of one day cricket from the World Cup with batsmen attaining the first 30 overs carefully and then getting aggressive in the last 20 like in T20s, Kohli told that he likes to break the game in aspect.
Skipper Virat Kohli said that "It is not that difficult to switch playing from the longer format of the game to T20 cricket because you can be more relaxed and expressive. We have world class players, like I said we have a lot of depth and we have taken a lot of batsmen, so we will be able to play more freely. I think it is very important for a cricketer to play stress free in the shorter formats of the game to better your performance. I think if you switch from T20 cricket to Test cricket, it will be more challenging for the batsman. IPL has always been the tournament where players enjoy their cricket and that is the reason you see a different level of performance from a lot of players, because they are relaxed. In a tournament like the World Cup, you have to play differently from the other tournaments because the risk taking is less. You know the importance of it. You want to make sure that you are 100% on your game and when you are in form and you are doing well, you want to help the team as much as possible. I think it depends on the individual but I have always believed in dividing the game into different phases which works for me."
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