Former India captain Virat Kohli may have stepped down from the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captaincy but says he can still play a leadership role within the team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 and take it to success. can. After handing over the captaincy responsibility to Faf du Plessis, Kohli will take to the field not as the captain of RCB but as a player for the first time since 2012. In the 15th season of IPL, RCB has to play its first match against Punjab Kings on 27 March.
Kohli said in an interview posted on RCB’s website, ‘You can be a leader within the team again, lead the team to success and win trophies and titles, but I have to contribute to the team. Will feel very proud. It will be a very exciting place for me because you are a person who is part of a team, whether you are the captain or not, you are still a person who is part of the team.
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Kohli also said that he is fortunate to see RCB transform under the former South African captain. He said, ‘Many people see the phase of change after being out of the team. I am lucky that it will happen before my eyes while I am also a part of it. You still have to look for ways to contribute for your team and I am definitely in a place where I will do whatever I can to help the team.
Kohli has revealed that he has been relieved of the burden of captaincy after nearly a decade and said it is an opportunity for him to rethink. He said, ‘It’s a wise thing for anyone to take the time to just take a deep breath and rearrange things and say ‘Wait, I didn’t see enough things I needed to work on’ And here I have a chance to rearrange myself, to rethink what I want to do.