Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has name as the next Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain, who will lead the side in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), starting from 26th March 2022 in Mumbai.
The name was announce at an event called ‘RCB Unbox’ in Bengaluru.
The Leader of the Pride is here!
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Faf Du Plessis, who represent Chennai Super Kings until last year, was purchase by the Royal Challengers for ₹7 crore at the mega auction last month.
RCB have looking for their new leader since Virat Kohli step down from the post last year, citing workload management.
Virat’s announcement came just days after he had said that he would be stepping down as India’s T20I captain ahead of the T20 World Cup.
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Kohli was leading the side since 2011 and the team’s best show came in the year 2016 in which they ended runners-up.
Under Faf Du Plessis’ leadership the RCB will begin their campaign at TATA IPL 2022 against Punjab Kings on 27th March 2022 at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Faf had led South Africa in 115 international games out of which the team emerge victorious on 81 occasions.
Under Faf du Plessis Proteas won 25 out of 40 T20Is.
In February 2020, Faf du Plessis step down form his post to focus on his game.
Faf du Plessis, right-hand batter played a massive role on strengthening CSK’s batting in the past seasons.
Last season Faf du Plessis finish with 633 runs to his credit, just two run short of the Orange Cap winner Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Faf du Plessis has score more than 1000 runs in IPL 2020 and 2021 combine.
RCB Full Squad for IPL 2022
- Faf du Plessis (C),
- Virat Kohli,
- Glenn Maxwell,
- Mohammed Siraj,
- Harshal Patel,
- Wanindu Hasaranga,
- Dinesh Karthik,
- Josh Hazlewood,
- Shahbaz Ahmed,
- Anuj Rawat,
- Akash Deep,
- Mahipal Lomror,
- Finn Allen,
- Sherfane Rutherford,
- Jason Behrendorff,
- Suyash Prabhudessai,
- Chama Milind,
- Aneeshwar Gautam,
- Karn Sharma,
- David Willey,
- Luvnith Sisodia,
- Siddharth Kaul.
