IPL 2021: RCB players prefer to see Virat Kohli be more aggressive, reckons Dale Steyn

RCB
captain
Virat
Kohli
–
who
led
by
example
in
the
game
with
a
51-run
knock
–
rotated
his
bowlers
brilliantly
as
they
restricted
out-of-form
Mumbai
Indians
to
111
in
a
run
chase
of
166.

Kohli’s
aggressive
captaincy
helped
RCB
pick
up
two
crucial
points
and
commenting
upon
RCB’s
clinical
win
over
MI,
former
South
Africa
pacer
Dale
Steyn
said
Kohli’s
aggressive
instincts
have
built
the
RCB
dressing
room
and
it
would
prefer
to
see
their
captain
that
way.

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Speaking
exclusively
on
STAR
SPORTS’ SELECT
DUGOUT,
Steyn
–
who
was
himself
a
part
of
the
RCB
dressing
room
–
explained
said,
“I
think
the
guys
prefer
to
see
him
be
more
aggressive,
it
seems
to
get
him
to
play
a
bit
more
fluently.
It
kind
of
sparks
the
younger
players
too,
a
lot
of
the
younger
guys
have
massive
respect
for
Virat,
and
they
admire
him
so
much
that
they
kind
of
follow
in
his
direction.”

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Referring
Team
India’s
recent
performance
during
the
Test
series
against
England,
where
according
to
Steyn
Kohli’s
attitude
of
‘fighting
fire
with
fire’ pumped
up
the
India
quicks,
who
kept
coming
hard
at
English
batters
day
after
day
and
helped
their
side
go
2-1
up
in
the
five-match
series.

“When
he’s
fighting
fire
with
fire
and
nobody’s
doing
it
for
India,
you
can
hear
all
the
quicks,
when
they
were
playing
against
England
recently,
how
they
were
talking
about
following
their
captain
and
they
wanting
to
play
fighting
fire
with
fire.”

Steyn
further
added
that
Kohli’s
leads
from
the
front
and
the
franchise
loves
this
aspect
of
the
India
cricketer.

“So,
he
does
lead
from
the
front
in
that
aspect
and
RCB
love
it.
He’s
kind
of
built
that
thought
around
RCB
now.
It’s
the
kind
of
culture
that
they
have
got
in
that
dressing
room,”
Steyn
added
further.

Kohli,
however,
has
announced
that
he’ll
be
relinquishing
RCB
captaincy
after
IPL
2021
and
continue
to
play
as
a
player
with
the
franchise
he’s
been
part
of
since
the
inaugural
season.
The
Delhi
cricketer
as
well
as
the
teammates
would
be
hoping
to
make
his
last
song
as
captain,
a
special
one
i.e.
by
winning
the
tournament.