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00:00Yeah, I've worked under Chandigarh Bundy also in state team.
00:04And here I know Andy.
00:05So I think that they have a quite similar way of coaching
00:10and they have leadership skills.
00:12So I think I'll not feel that any difficulties doing
00:16captaincy over here.
00:17So yeah, I think I've done a lot of conversion with Andy.
00:22So if any, the way they have shown me the support,
00:26I think I'm confident that whatever challenges
00:30will come in the season, I think I
00:32have a great bunch of experienced players
00:34and coaches.
00:35So I think.
00:36No, I meant to ask you the learnings from them.
00:39The learnings.
00:40You spoke about similar styles, yes.
00:42I think the learnings, I think more about tactically.
00:46I've learned with the same as Chandigarh Bundy
00:48then as well as from the Andy.
00:50So I think, and I believe in more in tactical aspect
00:53of the game.
00:53So I think this is the best learning I've ever
00:58learned in both of the coaches.
01:04Hi.
01:05This is for Rajat again.
01:06Rajat, congratulations firstly.
01:08Now, I'd like to ask you that the biggest goal as a captain,
01:11of course, would be to win the trophy.
01:12And for RCB, of course, it has been a dream
01:14for over a decade now.
01:16Do you feel that the team that has been assembled this time
01:18will be able to deliver?
01:19Because that's what the RCB fans have been
01:21longing for for years together.
01:24And more importantly, as far as RCB is concerned,
01:26it's always been a batsman-heavy team.
01:29This time, a host of bowlers, especially international ones
01:31that have been brought into the side.
01:33Do you feel, compared to the other IPL teams this time,
01:36RCB as a bowling unit can fare better than the previous years?
01:40I think we have a good bunch of bowling unit.
01:43I think so.
01:46If I say, if I compare with the last year,
01:50I think we have a good unit of bowling as well.
01:53And I think, yeah, this year, especially,
01:56there's a message to fans that we
01:59will do whatever it takes to take the best results.
02:04Last year, I think, Mary and Moe talked about it.
02:08Moe asked me, are you interested in doing captaincy?
02:12So I told him, before doing the RCB captaincy,
02:18I'd like to have a captaincy of state team.
02:21So I got a hint from there that I could get a captaincy.
02:26So I was a little happy with that,
02:29that from where I started my IPL career,
02:31and if I look at it now, I can feel that journey quite well.
02:37So when I got this information that Virat and Rajat
02:45can get a captaincy, I was very happy about it.
02:54I was able to do what I wanted to do for betterment,
02:59as an individual also.
03:00So my reaction was very good.
03:03I can't express it in words.
03:09Rajat, many congratulations and all the best.
03:14A little follow-up to the same question.
03:18In your intro, you said that you came in as an injury
03:21replacement for a year.
03:24Then you postponed your marriage,
03:28made a century, and then became a regular.
03:30When you look at your entire journey with RCB,
03:33how do you look at it?
03:34And secondly, when did you feel that, yes, I
03:39am absolutely in this team?
03:41Because at one time, you weren't in the team.
03:44Then you came in as an injury replacement.
03:45So was it when you made a century,
03:48or last year when you were in such good form,
03:50or when you got the captaincy, when did you feel
03:53that you are an integral part of this team?
03:57To be honest, I never think that I am a part of this team.
04:01I mean, wherever I play, I take it as if I am a main part
04:07of this team or something.
04:08Main part.
04:10Part, yeah.
04:10So I feel that the support and love I got from the fans,
04:17when I came in as a replacement, and after that,
04:20my injury, the love and support they gave me,
04:24I think that motivated me to do better as an individual.
04:29And RCB has been one of my favorite teams from the start.
04:34And I think I got a chance to play with the same team.
04:38So I think I feel very lucky for that.
04:45Rajat, hi.
04:46Congratulations on your captaincy appointment.
04:49My question to you is, you were here
04:51captaining your side during the Said Mushtaq Ali Trophy final,
04:55and you saw the kind of response the crowd gave you
04:57and backed your team.
04:58So when you're going out there with the Royal Challengers
05:01Bangalore for the upcoming season,
05:03what kind of support do you see from the crowd?
05:06And how do you want to respond to the support
05:09that they'll be giving you?
05:11Whenever I go to play, I think there are a lot of fans.
05:16And not only me, all the RCB players,
05:21I think the way they support them
05:23and the way they love the players,
05:25I think this is one of the biggest plus points of the team
05:29because of their fans.
05:30And I'm very lucky that I have too much of support
05:35from outside of the ground as well.
05:37And I have too much support from my team as well.
05:42And I thank RCB management also, the way
05:46they have shown the faith in me.
05:47So I'm here.
05:48I'm just, I'm exciting and looking forward for it.
05:50Hi, Rajat.
05:52Rajasi from TikTaka.
05:53I would like to ask you one question
05:54that what sort of a captain do you see yourself for the RCB?
05:57And how do you see E-SALA Cup Namde happen this year?
06:03I think for this, it's important to follow the process.
06:07I think my strength is more on the process-based.
06:11I don't look what will be the result of this process.
06:14So I think my strength is slightly different.
06:18And so, yeah, I'll back my strength.
06:21The way I'm captaining my team, I'll back the same way
06:28and I will as well.
06:31And thank you for all the questions.
06:32I think we have a couple of questions virtually coming in.
06:34Nandini, if you can take them for us, please.
06:36Rajat,
06:37Congratulations to you.
06:38A lot of media is watching this big moment of yours online.
06:42Then there's a question from Dayanik Bhaskar from Madhya Pradesh.
06:45They want to understand that captaining a player like Virat Kohli
06:49of such a big stature,
06:51there will be a little pressure or it will be easy or difficult?
06:55Talk a little about this.
06:58I think there won't be as much pressure as I think.
07:02Because I know him well.
07:04I have played with him many times.
07:07So I think this is an opportunity for me to play with him.
07:12And after that, his experience and his ideas, his thoughts,
07:18I think they will help me a lot as a leadership quality.
07:22Before this announcement,
07:24did you get a chance to talk to him personally?
07:27And is there a particular aspect from his leadership
07:32which has impressed you a lot and you want to carry forward?
07:36I didn't get a chance to talk to him as he was busy in the matches.
07:40And if I talk about his quality,
07:43I would like to add that strength in my own leadership quality.
07:56And this question is from India News.
08:01He is asking about the legacy of RCB.
08:04We have seen Rahul Dravid captain,
08:06we have seen Faf du Plessis,
08:08we have seen a lot of iconic players captain the squad.
08:10So, how do you see this opportunity?
08:15Is there some pressure coming in ahead of this big role
08:19that you will be playing this season?
08:20Of course, there is a pressure.
08:23But at the same time, I am confident about myself,
08:25the way I am captaining the team of the state team.
08:29So, I am pretty much clear in mind.
08:30And how I have to go about it,
08:32I have that belief and I have that confidence.
08:35So, yeah, I think this is a great opportunity for me,
08:41as I said earlier,
08:42that to lead one of the best IPL franchise.
08:46So, yeah, there are a lot of experienced players,
08:50a lot of experienced leaders, experienced staff, I think.
08:52So, I think, yeah, it will help me grow individually
08:55and as well as as a leader.