South African veteran and Royal Challengers player Ab De Villiers terms Virat Kohli as a great guy and a great captain. De Villiers, who is the brand ambassador of Mont Blanc pens was in Mumbai to launch its Le Petit Price collection.
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“Fantastic. He’s (Virat) a great guy and I love playing with him. He’s become a great captain and an even better friend. So it’s been great. He’s always been an inspirational character and we have a few leaders in the team that carry the guys in the tough time. We just want to look ahead and try to get better,” De Villiers said.
“No I am batting very well. I am very very happy. Rashid got me out previously. We haven’t played a lot against each other but he bowled well and he’s a very good bowler. I have a lot of respect for him,” De Villiers added..
The 34 years-old accepted that Royal Challengers Bangalore have not been upto the mark in the ongoing IPL season, and need to focus on next games.
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“No we haven’t played well. It’s been very disappointing but four games are left and I would love to not live in the past much and focus on what’s coming that is Delhi (against Delhi Daredevils), so we need to win that game and hopefully have a bit of our run by the end of the season,” De Villiers signed off
The South African veteran has scored 284 runs in 8 matches for RCB this season.