The Indian leg-spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal has recalled one hilarious incident which took place during his playing days for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) involving Virat Kohli. Chahal played for RCB since 2014 before being released ahead of the 2022 mega auction. He was one of the crucial cogs all these years scalping 138 wickets in 113 matches.
However, when Chahal was playing his first few matches for the franchise, he used to be nervous on the field. He recalled skipper Kohli standing in the covers and being so aggressive and energetic. This used to rub on his shoulders and at times, the leg-spinner ended up being too much aggressive against the batters as well after picking up their wicket. The matter escalated a few times with the match referee even speaking to the then RCB coach Daniel Vettori.
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During a recent chat with R Ashwin on his Youtube channel, Yuzvendra Chahal said, “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.”
However, things didn’t change and when Yuzvendra Chahal failed to curb his aggressive celebrations, Daniel Vettori walked up to the leg-spinner and suggested something hilarious. The then RCB coach told Chahal to turn to Virat Kohli for celebrations and say whatever he wants to him.
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Recalling the funny suggestion, Yuzvendra Chahal said, “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.”
Meanwhile, Chahal might not play for RCB in the upcoming IPL edition and it remains to be seen which team picks him in the mega auction of 2022.
