After playing six seasons of Indian Premier League cricket elsewhere, Stuart Binny is finally set to don the colours of his home-town franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. The ecstatic 31-year-old all-rounder interacted with the media here on Wednesday.
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On playing in the RCB colours: I’m excited. I always wanted to play for RCB ever since IPL started. But I hadn’t had the opportunity. So when it happened in the auction, I was jumping out of my chair. I was really happy to be back at my home ground. This was where everything started for me.
On Rahul Dravid’s influence: I started my cricket at BUCC [Bangalore United Cricket Club]. Rahul bhai comes from BUCC and he was the one who encouraged us to play first division cricket. He helped me through my career. He played a big part in Rajasthan Royals giving me the exposure in that team.
Role in the team: Most teams use allrounders in different situations. It’s how much I can bowl in a game and at what number I can bat. Right now I don’t know where I'll be batting or bowling, but I do know that I’ll be doing both in most of the games. What position and who plays ahead of me has never concerned me in my career. If I get a chance, I’m going to play bold cricket.
Playing with stars: I’ve played with Watto (Shane Watson) for five seasons. I’m looking forward to sharing a dressing room with Gayle and AB [de Villiers]. We don’t have too much time before our first game. So whatever we pick up from each other in the next two three days will be important.
Target: Everything is in our hands. We can’t sit here at the start of the tournament and say we’re going to reach the play-offs or finish top of the table. We’ve been practicing for five days now. It’s important to start well, with wins in your first two-three games. On paper we look a very strong team but what matters is how you do on the given day.
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