RCB Director Rules Out Any Change In Leadership For Upcoming IPL Season

"We don't have that perception that Virat controls things. But may be he has had his learnings from the past (mistakes) while moving forward," Hesson said during a media interaction on Thursday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore's newly apppointed Director of Cricket Mike Hesson has made it very clear that the franchisee has ruled out any change in leadership for the upcoming IPL season. The announcement clearly indicates that Indian skipper Virat Kohli is still the number one choice for captaining RCB despite his rather poor track record as skipper for the side in the previous editions of the league. RCB has been one of most underperfoming sides in the IPL despite having stalwarts like Kohli, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle (for better part), RCB has not won the IPL since the event's inception. Kohli has led the team in seven of those seasons. Hesson nipped questions on Kohli controlling the team and change in captaincy in the bud. "We don't have that perception that Virat controls things. But may be he has had his learnings from the past (mistakes) while moving forward," Hesson said during a media interaction on Thursday. Hesson said Kohli has been on the same page as him and chief coach Simon Katich. "There has been no question mark over Virat's captaincy during last couple of weeks (of discussions)," Hesson clarified. "...we have been very much aligned and he has been more than happy to take our advice from our experience," the former New Zealand coach added.