IPL 2021 could be one of the best periods of captaincy for Virat Kohli as far as the tactical side of things is concerned.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore had a fantastic season, which they had wished for from the outset. They won their first four games, including matches against top teams such as Kolkata and Mumbai. However, they lost their first match against Chennai and then another match against Punjab.
If you look at the variations they’ve used so far in this competition, it’s hard to imagine they’ve taken five of their seven games. Virat Kohli deserves praise for his captaincy and some of the decisions he made. One of them should be Glenn Maxwell’s choice to bat ahead of AB de Villiers.
Apart from that, he relied on Harshal Patel to take wickets and handle Mohammed Siraj and Kyle Jamieson, as well as ensuring that Yuzvendra Chahal’s form did not harm his side. Virat Kohli’s captaincy in terms of tactical changes and abilty is best he’s ever had in IPL history.
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We will never know if RCB should have secured their first IPL title this season in a season of what-ifs. While chinks in RCB’s armor began to show in the final few games. No one can deny that they were comfortably third as the IPL 2021 came to a close.
Virat Kohli, along with RCB’s backroom staff, should be credited for using Harshal Patel at the death. This decision was responsible for the team’s perfect start. Some of Virat Kohli’s decisions, such as bowling Shahbaz Ahmed at the death against SRH, turned out to be prescient.
His refusal to play no. 3 and instead open for RCB resulted in them becoming the highest-scoring opening pair in the IPL 2021.
After several years, Virat Kohli and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) seemed to have found a winning formula. They persevered admirably, and they would undoubtedly reflect on what should have been this season.
Tarun