New Delhi, Online Desk. The countdown for the 15th season of IPL has started. This time Royal Challengers Bangalore will be led by their new captain Faf du Plessis. In the last season, Virat Kohli had announced to step down from the captaincy. Virat had batted opening in some recent international matches, about which it was speculated that maybe he will be seen in a new role in IPL as well.
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But former RCB opening batsman Wasim Jaffer and former cricketer Aakash Chopra have given their response regarding this. Jaffer told during an interview that number three is the most suitable for Virat, so Anuj Rawat should bat with Faf du Plessis, a young batsman and a brilliant batsman in the Syed Mushtaq Trophy.
Aakash Chopra told why Virat should bat at number 3?
Former Indian cricketer and well-known commentator Aakash Chopra said that Virat should bat at number three because now there is no AB de Villiers in the team. To strengthen the middle order, it is necessary that Virat bats at this number. He said that earlier AB used to handle but now he is not there so Virat will have to bat for a long time.
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RCB’s batting order according to Wasim Jaffer
Wasim Jaffer told that the opening should be done by Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat, while Virat should come at number 3 and Glenn Maxwell at number 4. At number 5, the team has Dinesh Karthik whom the team is looking at as a finisher. RCB will start their IPL journey on March 27 with Punjab Kings.
The complete team of RCB is as follows-
Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis (c), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Milind, Anishwar Gautam, Karan Sharma, David Willey, Lavneeth Sisodia, Siddharth Kaul
