Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli feels this team is the “most balanced” side since the 2016 IPL campaign when they reached the final only to lose to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
“We’ve got a great balance of experience, the skill required for T20 cricket and the youngsters in the team who are eager to take up the responsibility and look forward to opportunities that we’re going to provide them. It’s an exciting time,” he told RCB TV.
“As I said, that 2016 season which we’ve all loved to be a part of, it was such a memorable season. Since then, to be honest, this is the most balanced I’ve felt about the squad, as a system where we’re heading. It’s been very well taken care of now, it’s up to us to execute those things on the field.”
Kohli said that the set-up would ‘disconnect with things that happened in the past’ and look to move forward.
RCB are yet to win an IPL trophy. “It’s about disconnecting with things that have happened in the past and not taking that baggage. We’ve done that way too many times. Just because we have a bunch of players who are so skilled and people like seeing them play, that’s why people have had expectations. We’re not going to think of what-ifs, we know what we can do, we’re very keen and hungry to do it.”
Kohli also spoke on South African batting star AB de Villiers, saying he has looked calmer than ever.
“Because we’ve never felt so calm going into a season before. He (de Villiers) is coming from a very different space, he’s been enjoying his life, and is relaxed.”