India, May 4 -- Over the years, Virat Kohli has been the guiding light for the young players in their tough times. The batting maestro has been an inspiration to a generation of budding cricketers and the youngsters who are entering the scene through the IPL. The former skipper brought a fitness revolution to Indian cricket during his captaincy tenure, while he also assembled a daunting pace attack to rule the red-ball format. Meanwhile, in the IPL, he also took a few players under his wings and instilled confidence in them during their tough times to overcome that phase.

RCB pacer Yash Dayal's father Chanderpal revealed that Kohli supported his son when he joined the franchise last season. When Dayal joined RCB, he was under a lot of pr...