The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 12 (Saturday) launched extinct South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis as their contemporary captain for IPL 2022.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 12 (Saturday) launched extinct South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis as their contemporary captain for IPL 2022.
Speaking at the announcement event, du Plessis acknowledged that taking baton from Virat Kohli might perchance no longer be too traumatic and having him round within the dressing room will be a abundant plus.Â
“I’m deeply grateful for the chance. I if reality be told hang played reasonably a pair of IPL and be aware the dynamics of the sport. It’s no shrimp ingredient to belief an in a international country player,” Du Plessis, who gave up South African captaincy across all codecs in 2020, acknowledged.
“I would rely carefully on the fabulous trip of home gamers. Now we hang obtained big chief of the sport in Virat Kohli,” Du Plessis acknowledged.
Du Plessis, with out a doubt among the consistent performers for Chennai Orderly Kings, was an obvious resolution after Virat Kohli made up our minds to call time on his leadership feature for the franchise after a decade wherein their trophy draught did now not cease. He was purchased for Rs 7 crore by RCB and is available for the total season.
Du Plessis was handed over the cap by team’s chairman Prathmesh Mishra and director cricket operations Mike Hesson in a virtual event right here.
The 37-yr-weak Du Plessis has up to now played 100 video games in IPL, scoring 2935 runs at a strike-fee of 131-plus. He scored 633 runs for CSK in closing yr’s IPL-winning marketing campaign
With PTI inputs
