IPL 2022: Faf du Plessis Is Big On Creating A Legacy, We Have Set Things In Place For Next 3 Years - Mike Hesson Talks About Culture At RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) director of cricket operations, Mike Hesson, said that the skipper, Faf du Plessis, has played a huge hand in helping set a culture at the franchise which will last for the next few years.

The South African was brought into the team with an eye on making him the skipper and he has taken an active interest in building a good team environment, something that will be taken forward by the youngsters at RCB.

“Faf has been great. Once we decided and made him aware of that (captaincy), it was all about him actually coming in and contributing to the culture. For me, culture happens first. It is something quite hard to define. It is more about how you react under pressure, towards your teammates and Faf is big on that.”

“He is big on creating a legacy as well. We actually have got set things in place for the next three years and hopefully beyond. He also has the capability of bringing people along for a ride, which I think is really important,” Hesson was quoted as saying in a video posted by RCB on Twitter.

Mike Hesson talks about the potent bowling attack of RCB

For years, RCB has struggled to find a balanced bowling unit but the likes of Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Harshal Patel have turned things around for the franchise. The three have combined to take 57 wickets between them, paving the way for the playoffs.

“Wanindu is exceptional in terms of those middle over wickets for us. You can only control the back end of the innings if you can take wickets in the middle. The wickets he has got are critical.”

“He shows experience and he is a banker. He has got big wickets for us. He has shown his skills in the death (overs) as well, which is critical. He (Harshal) has done what we know he can do, creates pressure and takes wickets. (He) loves the death overs which not many people put hands up for and say they wanna do that job,” Hesson added.

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