Indian Premier League's franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) may have released Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal but he has plenty of memories to share about while playing under the leadership of Virat Kohli there. Chahal fondly recounted an incident including him, Virat and then RCB head coach Daniel Vettori. It concerned about Chahal’s extreme show of emotions after taking a wicket in that season.
“When I went to RCB in 2014, I was very nervous – on the field too. He used to be in the covers, and he was so energetic. And I was a youngster, and he sometimes got angry with me too. So in 2014, when I used to pick up a wicket those days, I used to charge towards the batsman to show my aggression. That happened two-three times, and the match referee spoke to [the coach] Daniel Vettori,” he said while speaking to Ravi Ashwin on his Youtube channel.
However, Chahal continued his aggressive celebrations while also saying not so good things to a batter in one of the matches, Vettori walked up to him and told something hilarious. He suggested Chahal to turn to Virat for celebrations and say whatever he wants to him.
“Then in one match, I said something bad, and Vettori sir came to me and said, ‘This is not good, you have the potential but if you can change this thing… if you want to run (after picking a wicket), you run towards the covers, to Virat bhaiyya, and say whatever you want to – Virat won’t mind,” Chahal added recalling the funny suggestion.
Yuzvendra Chahal was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction. The leg-spinner played for the franchise from 2014 to 2021 and ended as the highest wicket-taker for the franchise. He took 139 wickets in 114 matches including 51 wickets at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, Yuzvendra Chahal has found a place in both the ODI and T20I squads against West Indies. The ODI series starts from February 6 in Ahmedabad followed by a three-match T20I series in Kolkata.
Earlier, while talking to Ashwin, Chahal also said that he wants to go to RCB again but won't feel bad if he goes somewhere else.
“Obviously, I want to go to RCB because I’ve been there for 8 years but it’s not like if I go somewhere else I’ll feel bad because everyone has to make a new team and it’s a major auction where there’s always purse constraints. Whichever team takes me, I’ll keep giving my 100%. It will take some time to adjust to a new franchise but that’s why we call ourselves professional players," Chahal had said.
