"I RECENTLY HAD A CHAT WITH VIRAT KOHLI AND ONE THING HE WAS CONSTANTLY SAYING..." - IRFAN PATHAN BREAKS THE SECRET!

Irfan Pathan shares what Virat Kohli said after stepping down as captain.

The 15th season of the IPL is scheduled to take place on the 26th at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In the first match, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kolkata Knight Riders.

This time 2 new teams have joined and a total of 10 teams will clash each other. The IPL is expected to be interesting this time around as every team will be looking to win the trophy.

Similarly, Virat Kohli is out of the captaincy and will play without any pressure. South Africa's Faf du Plessis is currently the new captain of the Bangalore team.

Speaking on the occasion, former India captain Irfan Pathan said, ‘I recently had a great chat with Virat Kohli and one thing he was constantly saying was that I want to enjoy my cricket, I want to go out there are express myself – and RCB will give him that kind of pleasure. He’s not a captain, but he’ll definitely be an on-field mentor for RCB and I think he will enjoy that role as well where he will, go out there and express himself."

“He will definitely go out there and perform and we will see the Virat Kohli, the kind of expressive Kohli we see but more fun because he doesn’t have that kind of responsibility right now being the captain and when you are a captain you are looking after the result, you’re looking after the other team’s strategy, the playing XI…he won’t have that kind of responsibility he will love that,” Pathan added.