00:00So I think the advantage of the advantage in 2008 is not going to happen because it has been 18
00:07years for the IPL, I think the conditions have changed, the game has changed, but I think the advantage is
00:14not that he will play in 2008 and now he will play, but he has played the whole year, he
00:19has the most experience in all of us in T20 cricket.
00:24So as I was going to answer them, when they have won the game situation, we have won the game
00:30in 3-4 situations, so because it is the most experience, I will definitely go to them when I don't
00:37understand anything, I have to doubt,
00:39that yes, I have to play it right now, I have to check it right now, I have to check
00:43it right now, so I will go to them that experience I can share, and that 3-4 situations we
00:49can win.
00:51You looked into it, what are the characteristics you looked into?
00:54Yeah, I am going to say one thing that the home grown part, whether Riyan was from India or which
01:05part of India, there was nothing in our conversations about that,
01:09it was about trying to find the best person to captain and lead the Rajasthan Royals.
01:15And I met Riyan when he was a teenager, and Riyan is absolutely right, he has seen a lot, gone
01:22through a lot, and the most striking thing for me was how reflective and how mature he has become.
01:29So, Riyan Parag the cricketer, I have always massively admired who he was, even through the downs, all I could
01:39see was where he could be, and that's, that's right at the top.
01:45But more importantly, I really came to admire the person that Riyan Parag is, and when we wanted to select
01:56a captain, once Sanju had decided to leave, it was really important that we explored all options.
02:05So, we had a short list of candidates that we had a very strict interview process for, and we went
02:12through, and Riyan knows it was, it wasn't easy, the questions were hard, it was not just one, one conversation,
02:18but two, then three.
02:20And then at the end of the day, Manoj and I sat down, went through all of that, those conversations
02:26with each one, and it became very apparent that the right choice, the right person to lead Rajasthan Royals was
02:35Riyan.
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