Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowler Yash Dayal’s father, Chanderpal Dayal, has credited Virat Kohli for transforming Yash’s career. Dayal once again made headlines for his team as he successfully defended 15 runs in the final over against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to help RCB register a thrilling win by 2 runs as well. He once again got the big wicket of MS Dhoni in the final over to turn the match and his father thanked Virat Kohli for his support as well.
“Virat has supported him immensely since he joined RCB. He’s the reason Yash is performing so freely, without any baggage on his shoulders. When Yash joined RCB, Virat would often call him to his room — and sometimes, he would go to Yash’s room himself. They discussed that over [from 2023], and Virat told him one thing: ‘Keep working hard, toofan macha de. Main hoon tere saath. Chinta mat karna. Mehnat karna mat chhodna. Galtiyan karna, par seekhna aur aage badhna (Stir up a storm. I am with you. Don’t worry. Never stop working hard. Make mistakes, but learn from them and keep moving forward).’ Virat has given him a lot of freedom and turned him into a fearless cricketer,” Chanderpal Dayal told Times of India.
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“Maine kaafi cricketers ko tootate hue dekhe hai, espcially bowlers ko par Virat ne apne haath se joda hai [I have seen many cricketers break down, especially bowlers, but Virat has lifted him up by himself],” he further added.
However, Dayal faced the lowest moment of his career after he failed to defend 29 runs in the last over for the Gujarat Titans against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2023 as well. Rinku Singh smacked him for five successive sixes and registered an impossible win for his team. He was released by Gujarat for IPL 2024 in the aftermath of the incident as well. Meanwhile, RCB backed Dayal by buying him for Rs 5 crore for the 2024 season, and he lived up to his team’s expectations by defending 17 runs in the final over against CSK, which helped his team qualify for the playoffs as well.
