IPL 2022: RCB coach welcomes Du Plessis- Ahead of the new season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) head coach Sanjay Bangar revealed welcomed newly elected skipper Faf du Plessis and few more members of the team as they hit the ground for their first practice session following a three-day quarantine in Mumbai.Follow IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN.
Sanjay Bangar also revealed there’s something ‘special’ in the pipeline for this season. Speaking in a video shared by RCB, he said, “You all bring a lot of skill sets along with you, whether you are an experienced player or just starting out. We have full confidence in your abilities. The next couple of days are going to be about easing you into the RCB structure. We are going to do some special things this season. and it is not possible without your contribution,”
“Good to see Faf coming in, hitting a few balls really making good contact and also players who have been in the IPL circuit like Karn (Sharma) or Siddharth (Kaul), they also turned up well.”
IPL 2022: ‘We’re going to do some special things’: RCB coach welcomes Du Plessis- See video
New squad, new season and new aspirations! RCB began their #IPL2022 campaign preparations in Mumbai. Here’s what the coaches had to say, on @kreditbee presents Bold Diaries.#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #Mission2022 pic.twitter.com/F4I8ZgTUfg
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 18, 2022
Faf du Plessis, who takes over the reins after Virat Kohli relinquished captaincy, was seen hitting balls in the nets as he gears to lead charge for the new season. Du Plessis joins Bangalore with plenty of experience under his belt, having played 100 IPL games with 2935 runs at a strike rate of 131-plus. RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar also welcomed the 37-year-old du Plessis to the squad and anticipated the franchise to do “special” things this year.
IPL 2022: ‘We’re going to do some special things’: RCB coach welcomes Du Plessis- See video
In a bid to revamp the franchise’s coaching personnel, the former India player was named RCB’s head coach. Mike Hesson, meanwhile, returned to the role of director of cricket operations. Head of Scouting and fielding coach Malolan Rangarajan and spin bowling coach Sridharan Sriram also oversaw proceedings on the first day of training.
