As Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) gear up to face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their next Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 home match, the team's head coach, Sanjay Bangar, has revealed details about Virat Kohli's training regime that makes him one of the best players in the business.
Kohli, who was dismissed for a golden duck in RCB's win over Rajasthan Royals at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, has been in excellent form in the ongoing IPL, scoring 279 runs, including four fifties, in seven matches at a strike rate of 141.62 at the halfway stage of the tournament.
"Whenever he comes for whatever training, he makes sure that he does his things very well and if at all there are any issues which he is concerned about, he wants to straightaway address it and rectify it. So that's the hallmark of his game and he's somebody who's always wanted to push the limit and barrier for himself. So, it augurs well that he's in that sort of a mindset," Bangar said on RCB Game Day Preview.
While RCB's top three batsmen, Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Glenn Maxwell, have been consistently among the runs, the middle order has failed to contribute on a consistent basis so far. Addressing this issue, Bangar commented on how the top order's fluency means the batsmen who come in later don't have much to do.
"It's a T20 game first of all, we've to understand that if three of the top four batsmen are getting to play a lot of the balls, then it leaves very little work to be done. But yes, we would certainly like to have a little more contribution from them but it doesn't mean that they are not contributing," he said.
RCB will host KKR for their penultimate home game before embarking on a long tour, which will see them play five away games. They will return to the Chinnaswamy to play the Gujarat Giants in their last IPL 2023 group stage encounter on May 21.