Virat Kohli’s message to Harshal Patel when he was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made him realise that that is a staff the place he can lastly showcase his abilities, the quick bowler mentioned.
Patel, who was traded to RCB by the Delhi Capitals earlier than the 2021 Indian Premier League season began, was a revelation within the seven matches that he performed. Before the event was indefinitely postponed, Patel was the runaway chief within the Purple Cap standings with 17 wickets.
“The moment I was traded, Virat sent me a message, “Welcome back, you are going to play here”. That made a large affect in my confidence, and I realised that is a staff the place I can lastly showcase all my abilities,” Patel advised the Hindustan Times.
Patel had his justifiable share of dangerous days within the quick season, notably when Ravindra Jadeja smashed 37 runs off him in a match between RCB and Chennai Super Kings.
“He gives you the space to do your thing. Even if you don’t execute at times he understands better than anybody that on a batter’s day, if they get hold of a bowler, you are going to go for runs. Whenever we are unable to execute, or we stray from our plans, when we sit for the review the only talk is about what do we do to stay on the path, how do we stay in the mindset to execute more often than not. We don’t let any other noise come into that environment,” mentioned Patel.
Patel additionally mentioned that AB de Villiers is somebody who offers bowler-particular pointers primarily based on what the veteran South African had seen thus far within the match.
“Who better to tell you about what’s going on than AB? He doesn’t talk a lot, he will let you do your own thing but if he finds you are out of depth or struggling, he will come up to chat. Before I come in to bowl, he has probably seen seven or eight overs; he will give small pointers on what the wicket is doing, what the batters are trying to do, what are the deliveries that will work. It is always short and concise chat,” Patel mentioned.
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