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Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) recently appointed South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis as the skipper for the upcoming edition of IPL. Previously, Virat Kohli had decided to step down as the skipper of RCB at the end of IPL 2021. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan recently talked about Kohli's role and Pathan predicted that Kohli will “definitely be an on-field mentor for RCB.”
Irfan's big revelation
“I recently had a great chat with Virat Kohli and one thing he was constantly saying was that I want to enjoy my cricket, I want to go out there are express myself - and RCB will give him that kind of pleasure. He's not a captain, but he'll definitely be an on-field mentor for RCB and I think he will enjoy that role as well where he will, go out there and express himself,” Irfan said while speaking on Star Sports show ‘Game Plan.’
“You play minimum 14 games and that is a lot for any cricketer, but for guys like Kohli who's been tremendous and is a modern day legend.
'Expressive Kohli'
“There's no doubt about it. So many games He will definitely go out there and perform and we will see the Virat Kohli, the kind of expressive Kohli we see but more fun because he doesn't have that kind of responsibility right now being the captain and when you are a captain you are looking after the result, you're looking after the other team's strategy, the playing XI...he won't have that kind of responsibility he will love that,” the 37-year-old former all-rounder added.
Mumbai Indians frachise led by Rohit Sharma will have Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR), and Lucknow Super Giants in Group A of the 2022 edition of IPL.
On the other hand, Group B is comprised of defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sunrises Hyderabad (SRH), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Punjab Kings, and Gujarat Titans.
Royal Challengers Bangalore full squad for IPL 2022
Faf du Plessis (captain), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahamad, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Luvnith Sisodia, David Willey
