"Genuinely Talks" To Youngsters, "Not Fake": Mike Hesson Gives Insight Into RCB Legend's Personality

Royal Challengers Bangalore might not have played the IPL final since 2016, when they came up short against SunRisers Hyderabad, but the team has been consistent in the league for the past two seasons, making it to the playoffs. IPL 2022 is the third straight year when the Team in Red is through to the knockout stages and they will take on new boys Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday in the Eliminator.

Newly appointed captain Faf du Plessis has managed to breath in an air of freshness in the team and they have done well to make it this far. RCB doing well in a season, when other old teams like Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have found the going tough, shows that the franchise did manage to play it well in the mega auction.

There have been some hits and some misses for the team but top boss Mike Hesson feels the team has done quite well so far.

""I think it is more about having some real consistency of how we go about our work; you try to limit those ups and downs that happen in any IPL. It is all about being calm under pressure, in terms of, what your response is when you are under the pump, do you panic, do you make horrible changes, or do you believe in what you're trying to do? A lot of work goes behind the scenes in terms of making sure we are clear on how we want to play our cricket, and then about who are the people that can fulfill those roles. Therefore, if they do have ups and downs, we can live with that because we know they are good, over time in those roles. When Wanindu has been exceptional in terms of middle over wickets for us, you can only control the back of the innings, if you take wickets in the middle and when into the wickets, he's got have been critical. Josh Hazlewood