Yash Dayal's Revival: How Virat Kohli's Guidance Changed His IPL Fate

In IPL 2023, Yash Dayal was playing for Gujarat Titans. A match against Kolkata Knight Riders that season turned out to be a nightmare for Dayal. Now recently, Dayal has cited Virat Kohli's advice, RCB's support and sticking to his process as the reason behind his comeback after that poor performance. Dayal, who was playing for GT at that time, was smashed by Rinku Singh for five sixes in the last over to give his team victory. Before the 2024 season, Gujarat did not retain Dayal and he was bought by RCB.

Since then, Yash Dayal has become lethal in the death overs. Recently, he saved 15 runs in the last over against Chennai Super Kings at the Chinnaswamy Stadium to give the team victory. Yash Dayal's father recently revealed what advice Virat Kohli gave him after joining RCB and how to move on from this incident.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Dayal said that Kohli's advice remains with him that RCB's support is the reason for the results they are getting at the moment.

"It's a big thing, I've said it before – the things Virat bhaiya explained to me are still in my mind. And the kind of support I got from the RCB management, the support they gave me, the results are clearly because of that. So yes, I would say that the change in my career has been largely due to that. " 

Dayal said that his process before every match is to control his nerves and not worry about things that are not in his control. Dayal said that after the 2023 incident, he is trying to stick to his reaction rather than focusing on who the batsman is. "After what happened in 2023, I try to focus as much as possible on the process rather than focusing on the batsman. I try to focus on execution," Dayal said.