Was lucky to see how Dhonis brain works Du Plessis
Mumbai Mar 25 PTI From having Virat Kohli as part of the leadership group to learning from captain cool MS Dhoni during his stint with CSK Faf du Plessis is all excited to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming IPLThe former South African skipper who was bought by the RCB for Rs 7 crore in the IPL mega auction earlier this year was a key member of the Dhoni-led four-time IPL champions since 2012I was lucky enough to play under MS Dhoni for an extremely long time the 37-year-old said in an interview on the IPL websiteAhead of their IPL opener against Kolkata Knight Riders Dhoni on Thursday handed over the CSK reins to talismanic India all-rounder Ravindra JadejaEffusive in his praise for the World Cup winning India captain Du Plessis further said I got to see very closely how his brain works You know how things operate under him which was once again very fortunate for me Moving over to RCB Du Plessis a three-time IPL winner with CSK will have his task cutout to clinch the elusive title for his new franchise Kohli Karthik and Maxwell in leadership group But Du Plessis is unfazed by the expectations and said he would benefit from his core leadership group that has the likes of Virat Kohli Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh KarthikVirat was the captain of this country for an extremely long time I mean a very good leader for Indian cricket and for RCB So that experience and wisdom and knowledge that comes with that is second to noneAnd then the same thing Maxi Glenn Maxwell He has captained a lot of games especially in T20 cricket So his brain and his ideas are very valuable and the same with Dinesh KarthikIm very lucky that weve got a great strong leadership group within the team Im the kind of leader that relies on a lot of other peopleSo Ill be pulling them as close as possible to make sure that they can use all that information to the best of RCB Every captain has his strengths I think for me its been over my time to just look at these different leaders and see their strengths but also finding my own way in whats going to be different todayIts really important that you are who you are And then you can use those things that youve learned from different people And just add them to your style of captaincy he addedRCB will take on Punjab Kings in their IPL opener in Navi Mumbai here on Sunday PTI TAP BS BS
Mumbai Mar 25 PTI From having Virat Kohli as part of the leadership group to learning from captain cool MS Dhoni during his stint with CSK Faf du Plessis is all excited to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming IPLThe former South African skipper who was bought by the RCB for Rs 7 crore in the IPL mega auction earlier this year was a key member of the Dhoni-led four-time IPL champions since 2012I was lucky enough to play under MS Dhoni for an extremely long time the 37-year-old said in an interview on the IPL websiteAhead of their IPL opener against Kolkata Knight Riders Dhoni on Thursday handed over the CSK reins to talismanic India all-rounder Ravindra JadejaEffusive in his praise for the World Cup winning India captain Du Plessis further said I got to see very closely how his brain works You know how things operate under him which was once again very fortunate for me Moving over to RCB Du Plessis a three-time IPL winner with CSK will have his task cutout to clinch the elusive title for his new franchise Kohli Karthik and Maxwell in leadership group But Du Plessis is unfazed by the expectations and said he would benefit from his core leadership group that has the likes of Virat Kohli Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh KarthikVirat was the captain of this country for an extremely long time I mean a very good leader for Indian cricket and for RCB So that experience and wisdom and knowledge that comes with that is second to noneAnd then the same thing Maxi Glenn Maxwell He has captained a lot of games especially in T20 cricket So his brain and his ideas are very valuable and the same with Dinesh KarthikIm very lucky that weve got a great strong leadership group within the team Im the kind of leader that relies on a lot of other peopleSo Ill be pulling them as close as possible to make sure that they can use all that information to the best of RCB Every captain has his strengths I think for me its been over my time to just look at these different leaders and see their strengths but also finding my own way in whats going to be different todayIts really important that you are who you are And then you can use those things that youve learned from different people And just add them to your style of captaincy he addedRCB will take on Punjab Kings in their IPL opener in Navi Mumbai here on Sunday PTI TAP BS BS
