Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have announced Faf du Plessis as their new captain for the upcoming 10-team Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The former South African captain was picked by RCB for Rs 7 crore. The 15th season of the Indian Premier (IPL) tournament is scheduled to start from March 26.
Kohli's decision
Former India skipper Virat Kohli had announced last season, before the second phase of the IPL, that he will not be the captain of RCB from next season.
Kohli's record
Previously, Kohli was the captain of RCB since 2013 but during his stint as the RCB skipper for eight years, he could not win the prestigious IPL title for the franchise. Kohli has been a part of RCB team from the inaugural edition of IPL that had taken place back in 2008.
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik were previously in contention to become the new RCB skipper but the franchise decided to appoint the former Proteas skipper as the new captain of the team.
The 37-year-old South Africa batsman has played 100 matches in IPL so far. He has scored 2,935 runs in IPL with a strike rate of 131.09 and at an average of 34.94. He has notched 22 half-centuries in his IPL career. In the previous season, he finished as the third-highest run-scorer.
RCB will start the upcoming 15th season of IPL on March 27 as they will take on Punjab Kings at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium.