‘RCBর অধিনায়ক হবেন’, একথা জানতে পেরে কেমন অনুভূতি হয়েছিল রজতের? জানালেন পাটীদার

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‘আরসিবির অধিনায়ক হওয়ার কথা যখন প্রথম জানতে পারি তখন যে অনুভূতিটা হয়েছিল, তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করতে পারব না। শুধু এটুকু বলবো যে আত্মবিশ্বাসের সঙ্গে মাঠে নামব’, জানালেন রজত পাটীদার  ~ED.1~

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00:00Yeah, I've worked under Chandigarh Bundy also in state team.

00:04And here I know Andy.

00:05So I think that they have a quite similar way of coaching

00:10and they have leadership skills.

00:12So I think I'll not feel that any difficulties doing

00:16captaincy over here.

00:17So yeah, I think I've done a lot of conversion with Andy.

00:22So if any, the way they have shown me the support,

00:26I think I'm confident that whatever challenges

00:30will come in the season, I think I

00:32have a great bunch of experienced players

00:34and coaches.

00:35So I think.

00:36No, I meant to ask you the learnings from them.

00:39The learnings.

00:40You spoke about similar styles, yes.

00:42I think the learnings, I think more about tactically.

00:46I've learned with the same as Chandigarh Bundy

00:48then as well as from the Andy.

00:50So I think, and I believe in more in tactical aspect

00:53of the game.

00:53So I think this is the best learning I've ever

00:58learned in both of the coaches.

01:04Hi.

01:05This is for Rajat again.

01:06Rajat, congratulations firstly.

01:08Now, I'd like to ask you that the biggest goal as a captain,

01:11of course, would be to win the trophy.

01:12And for RCB, of course, it has been a dream

01:14for over a decade now.

01:16Do you feel that the team that has been assembled this time

01:18will be able to deliver?

01:19Because that's what the RCB fans have been

01:21longing for for years together.

01:24And more importantly, as far as RCB is concerned,

01:26it's always been a batsman-heavy team.

01:29This time, a host of bowlers, especially international ones

01:31that have been brought into the side.

01:33Do you feel, compared to the other IPL teams this time,

01:36RCB as a bowling unit can fare better than the previous years?

01:40I think we have a good bunch of bowling unit.

01:43I think so.

01:46If I say, if I compare with the last year,

01:50I think we have a good unit of bowling as well.

01:53And I think, yeah, this year, especially,

01:56there's a message to fans that we

01:59will do whatever it takes to take the best results.

02:04Last year, I think, Mary and Moe talked about it.

02:08Moe asked me, are you interested in doing captaincy?

02:12So I told him, before doing the RCB captaincy,

02:18I'd like to have a captaincy of state team.

02:21So I got a hint from there that I could get a captaincy.

02:26So I was a little happy with that,

02:29that from where I started my IPL career,

02:31and if I look at it now, I can feel that journey quite well.

02:37So when I got this information that Virat and Rajat

02:45can get a captaincy, I was very happy about it.

02:54I was able to do what I wanted to do for betterment,

02:59as an individual also.

03:00So my reaction was very good.

03:03I can't express it in words.

03:09Rajat, many congratulations and all the best.

03:14A little follow-up to the same question.

03:18In your intro, you said that you came in as an injury

03:21replacement for a year.

03:24Then you postponed your marriage,

03:28made a century, and then became a regular.

03:30When you look at your entire journey with RCB,

03:33how do you look at it?

03:34And secondly, when did you feel that, yes, I

03:39am absolutely in this team?

03:41Because at one time, you weren't in the team.

03:44Then you came in as an injury replacement.

03:45So was it when you made a century,

03:48or last year when you were in such good form,

03:50or when you got the captaincy, when did you feel

03:53that you are an integral part of this team?

03:57To be honest, I never think that I am a part of this team.

04:01I mean, wherever I play, I take it as if I am a main part

04:07of this team or something.

04:08Main part.

04:10Part, yeah.

04:10So I feel that the support and love I got from the fans,

04:17when I came in as a replacement, and after that,

04:20my injury, the love and support they gave me,

04:24I think that motivated me to do better as an individual.

04:29And RCB has been one of my favorite teams from the start.

04:34And I think I got a chance to play with the same team.

04:38So I think I feel very lucky for that.

04:45Rajat, hi.

04:46Congratulations on your captaincy appointment.

04:49My question to you is, you were here

04:51captaining your side during the Said Mushtaq Ali Trophy final,

04:55and you saw the kind of response the crowd gave you

04:57and backed your team.

04:58So when you're going out there with the Royal Challengers

05:01Bangalore for the upcoming season,

05:03what kind of support do you see from the crowd?

05:06And how do you want to respond to the support

05:09that they'll be giving you?

05:11Whenever I go to play, I think there are a lot of fans.

05:16And not only me, all the RCB players,

05:21I think the way they support them

05:23and the way they love the players,

05:25I think this is one of the biggest plus points of the team

05:29because of their fans.

05:30And I'm very lucky that I have too much of support

05:35from outside of the ground as well.

05:37And I have too much support from my team as well.

05:42And I thank RCB management also, the way

05:46they have shown the faith in me.

05:47So I'm here.

05:48I'm just, I'm exciting and looking forward for it.

05:50Hi, Rajat.

05:52Rajasi from TikTaka.

05:53I would like to ask you one question

05:54that what sort of a captain do you see yourself for the RCB?

05:57And how do you see E-SALA Cup Namde happen this year?

06:03I think for this, it's important to follow the process.

06:07I think my strength is more on the process-based.

06:11I don't look what will be the result of this process.

06:14So I think my strength is slightly different.

06:18And so, yeah, I'll back my strength.

06:21The way I'm captaining my team, I'll back the same way

06:28and I will as well.

06:31And thank you for all the questions.

06:32I think we have a couple of questions virtually coming in.

06:34Nandini, if you can take them for us, please.

06:36Rajat,

06:37Congratulations to you.

06:38A lot of media is watching this big moment of yours online.

06:42Then there's a question from Dayanik Bhaskar from Madhya Pradesh.

06:45They want to understand that captaining a player like Virat Kohli

06:49of such a big stature,

06:51there will be a little pressure or it will be easy or difficult?

06:55Talk a little about this.

06:58I think there won't be as much pressure as I think.

07:02Because I know him well.

07:04I have played with him many times.

07:07So I think this is an opportunity for me to play with him.

07:12And after that, his experience and his ideas, his thoughts,

07:18I think they will help me a lot as a leadership quality.

07:22Before this announcement,

07:24did you get a chance to talk to him personally?

07:27And is there a particular aspect from his leadership

07:32which has impressed you a lot and you want to carry forward?

07:36I didn't get a chance to talk to him as he was busy in the matches.

07:40And if I talk about his quality,

07:43I would like to add that strength in my own leadership quality.

07:56And this question is from India News.

08:01He is asking about the legacy of RCB.

08:04We have seen Rahul Dravid captain,

08:06we have seen Faf du Plessis,

08:08we have seen a lot of iconic players captain the squad.

08:10So, how do you see this opportunity?

08:15Is there some pressure coming in ahead of this big role

08:19that you will be playing this season?

08:20Of course, there is a pressure.

08:23But at the same time, I am confident about myself,

08:25the way I am captaining the team of the state team.

08:29So, I am pretty much clear in mind.

08:30And how I have to go about it,

08:32I have that belief and I have that confidence.

08:35So, yeah, I think this is a great opportunity for me,

08:41as I said earlier,

08:42that to lead one of the best IPL franchise.

08:46So, yeah, there are a lot of experienced players,

08:50a lot of experienced leaders, experienced staff, I think.

08:52So, I think, yeah, it will help me grow individually

08:55and as well as as a leader.

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