{"id":175292,"date":"2026-06-01T04:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=175292"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:46:43","slug":"ipl-2026-patidar-says-andy-flower-is-the-best-coach-i-have-played-under-after-rcb-clinches-back-to-back-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=175292","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Patidar says Andy Flower \u2018is the best coach I have played under\u2019 after RCB clinches back-to-back titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71047254\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said head coach Andy Flower\u2019s efforts to \u200bchange the team culture had helped them retain \u200ctheir Indian Premier League (IPL) crown.<\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli scored \u200ban unbeaten 75 off 42 balls \u2060as Bengaluru chased down 156 to secure a five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwean Flower, who \u200cwas appointed ahead of the 2024 season, has helped Bengaluru shake off the \u201cnearly \u200cmen\u201d tag it acquired after finishing runner-up \u200cthree \u2060times in the first 17 editions \u2060of the IPL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve played five seasons of the IPL and he is one of the best coaches. The way \u200bhe handles players, not \u200conly those who play,\u201d Patidar told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor him, the players who aren\u2019t playing, the first-timers, he spends a lot of time with \u200cevery individual. I don\u2019t have words to \u200bexpress, but he\u2019s the best coach I\u2019ve played under. The (team) culture has changed. I \u2060don\u2019t know what it was before 2021. But from when I\u2019ve come in, there have been \u200ca lot of changes in the mindset of players. The coaching staff treats every player equally\u2014that\u2019s a big change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in the early hours of Monday, Patidar said Bengaluru had set its sights on \u200cbecoming the first team to win three IPL titles \u200bin a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my birthday. There can\u2019t be a better gift than this,\u201d \u2060added Patidar, who turned 32 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual that \u2060I am, I always focus on living in the present. We have won \u200cback-to-back, we\u2019ll celebrate but the focus will be how we can now do this three \u200bin a row.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 01, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-news\/rajat-patidar-andy-flower-best-coach-rcb-ipl-2026-title-win-team-culture-mindset-change\/article71047254.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said head coach Andy Flower\u2019s efforts to \u200bchange the team culture had helped them retain \u200ctheir Indian Premier League (IPL) crown. Virat Kohli scored \u200ban unbeaten 75 off 42 balls \u2060as Bengaluru chased down 156 to secure a five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in Sunday\u2019s final. Zimbabwean Flower, who &#8230; <a title=\"IPL 2026: Patidar says Andy Flower \u2018is the best coach I have played under\u2019 after RCB clinches back-to-back titles\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=175292\" aria-label=\"Read more about IPL 2026: Patidar says Andy Flower \u2018is the best coach I have played under\u2019 after RCB clinches back-to-back titles\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image2014.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173115,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173115","url_meta":{"origin":175292,"position":0},"title":"From rebuild to rampage \u2014 Rajat Patidar scripts another classic to guide RCB to IPL 2026 final","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"After the fourth ball of the 17th over bowled by Kagiso Rabada, Virat Kohli held his extended lower jaw in pure amazement. 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