Priyansh Arya recently hogged the limelight by smacking a rare six sixes in an over during a Delhi Premier League T20 fixture.

In an exclusive interview with PTI, Arya revealed that Virat Kohli is his role model and also expressed his wish to play alongside the star batter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Arya is currently the leading run-getter in the DPL, amassing 602 runs across nine innings. He has scored his runs at an average of 75.25 and an astonishing strike rate of 198.0, including two hundreds.

"Virat Kohli is my favourite, want to play for RCB. My favourite team is RCB, admire Virat Kohli a lot, I like his aggression. I also like to play aggressive cricket. He is my idol," Priyansh said.

Talking about his six sixes in an over, the youngster added, "I had this thing in mind that if a left-arm spinner comes on to bowl, I will attack him. After the fourth six, I started to believe that I can hit six sixes and will go for that. Ayush backed me and told me to go for the kill."

Arya is keen to lift the inaugural DPL trophy and possibly become the highest run-scorer in a single edition of state T20 leagues in India. He lauded the captaincy of Ayush Badoni while also highlighting the supportive team environment of South Delhi Superstarz.

"Badoni's quite relaxed and doesn't talk much, just tells us to express ourselves. The team's environment is calm, coaches talk about the positives rather than negatives. The mindset is to win the trophy.

"The semi-final and final are the two most important matches so just taking it game by game," Arya stated.

South Delhi Superstarz also made some changes to their playing XI towards the business end of the tournament. Captain Badoni himself was seen on the bench and that decision left South Delhi on the backfoot.

"Ayush took the risk for changes in the team. Our team will become strong again when he comes back. We were able to rectify where we were lacking and where we could perform better," Arya concluded.

(With PTI Inputs)