Weight of captaincy removed, a stress free Kohli could be dangerous news for opposition: Maxwell

Virat Kohli nowadays looks "stress free" without the burden of captaincy weighing him down, a dangerous sign for the opposition teams in the upcoming IPL, feels Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Glenn Maxwell. Kohli, who relinquished RCB captaincy after last year's IPL, has also resigned from T20 and Test captaincy while being removed from the ODI leadership role.

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Virat Kohli might have relinquished captaincy but his energy is something that Royal Challengers Bangalore team will need at every step of its IPL campaign, newly appointed skipper Faf du Plessis said on Saturday. The four-time IPL winner for CSK was on Saturday unveiled as RCB skipper to take the

Maxwell feels that Kohli now is no longer the "in-your face" aggressive cricketer that he used to be and that has been pleasantly surprising. "He knows he's handing the captaincy over, which I think is potentially a big burden for him. It might have been something that's been weighing him down for a while and now that he's been able to release it, it might be dangerous news for opposition teams," Maxwell told RCB Podcast.

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The flamboyant Australian is happy that Kohli is in that phase when he would actually be enjoying being out there in the thick of things. "It is amazing for him to be relaxed a bit and actually enjoy the next few years of his