Virat Kohli is a leader, team will celebrate his contributions: Harshal Patel
Updated On: 12 October, 2021 01:19 PM IST | Sharjah | PTI
Harshal is the leading wicket-taker in this IPL edition, with 32 wickets from 15 games, including best figures of 5/27
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Harshal Patel of Royal Challengers Bangalore celebrates the wicket of Venkatesh Iyer of Kolkata Knight Riders during the Indian Premier League eliminator cricket match between RCB and KKR, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah. Pic/PTI
Virat Kohli`s tenure as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore may have ended without an IPL triumph but the franchise will nonetheless "celebrate" his contributions over the years, said the team`s pacer Harshal Patel. Harshal though did not specify how exactly the team plans to celebrate Kohli`s contributions. He stressed that Kohli, who has decided to step down as India T20 captain after the upcoming World Cup and RCB skipper post the ongoing IPL, remains a "leader". "In terms of his captaincy, there are captains and there are leaders, he is definitely a leader. Just because he won`t have the captaincy tag, it doesn`t make him any less of a leader," Harshal said after RCB`s defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator on Monday.
"So, I just want to thank him for whatever he has contributed for this team and to my growth," he said, adding the skipper always supported him whenever he was "down". He also said that the team would "celebrate" the contributions of Kohli as a skipper. "Yeah, I think, absolutely we are going to celebrate his contributions and it would have been nicer to celebrate that with the trophy in our hand, but it was not meant to be. But his contributions, like I said, have been immense and we are definitely going to celebrate that." Harshal conceded that the entire outfit was disappointed on how it finished the Indian Premier League season.
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