IPL 2022: RCB teases fans with captaincy announcement post – Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) may be the last franchise to announce a captain but they have kept teasing their new captain through social media posts. InsideSport earlier revealed that Faf du Plessis is all set to be named the new captain of the franchise for at least a year and the grand reveal will be made on March 12. Follow IPL 2022 for all the live updates on InsideSport.IN.
IPL 2022: RCB teases fans with captaincy announcement, to reveal Virat Kohli’s successor on March 12
Listen up, 12th Man Army! We have a CAPTAIN’s ANNOUNCEMENT for all of you. 😉🗣#PlayBold #RCBUnbox #ForOur12thMan #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/5xK8epOCYJ
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 9, 2022
IPL 2022: RCB teases fans with captaincy announcement, to reveal Virat Kohli’s successor on March 12 –
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- South African captain Faf du Plessis is all set to take up the leadership role due to his vast amount of experience.
- He has captained South Africa in all three formats of the game and he will also be available for the entire season of IPL.
- Glenn Maxwell is the other option for captaincy. But considering he is set to miss the first two matches and will be unavailable due to his wedding on March 27.
- CA also have told the IPL contracted players to participate from April 6.
- The third option was Dinesh Karthik, who comes with strong leadership qualities as he led KKR for three seasons.
- He took the team to playoffs in 2018, but failure to do in 2019, 2021 resulted in him stepping down from the post.
In all probability, Du Plessis is likely to be Virat Kohli’s successor. RCB director Mike Hesson revealed they had planned well in advance to get the right-hand batter. RCB had to shove off a stiff challenge from CSK to get Du Plessis for 7 crores. The veteran has been one of the best players for CSK for the past six years.
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He also scored a humongous 633 runs in IPL 2021 and formed a formidable pair at the top with Ruturaj Gaikwad.
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