IPL 2023: RCB will retire the jersey of these two legendary cricketers forever
RCB retire the jersey: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has decided to retire the jersey numbers of AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle. Both the legends of cricket have been inducted into the IPL Hall of Fame on 26 March. The retirement of the jersey number was confirmed by RCB on their official Twitter handle.
IPL 2023: RCB did this tweet :-
RCB tweeted, “Will retire jersey numbers 17 and 333 forever when we induct RCB legends into the Hall of Fame. AB de Villiers (17) and Henry Gayle (333) will be honored by us.”
Played 156 matches for RCB :-
It may be noted that jersey number 17 was synonymous with De Villiers, who played 11 seasons (2011-2021) for RCB. Apart from this, scored 4,491 runs in 156 matches for the franchise. The charismatic South African cricketer also hit 37 fifties and 2 hundreds for RCB in 2015 with a high score of 133 not out.
Gayle has played an inning of 175 runs in IPL :-
Whereas, West Indian hard-hitter Gayle played for RCB in seven seasons (2011-2017) and his jersey number 333 used to strike fear in the opposition teams. During the 2013 IPL season, the Jamaican played a blistering knock of 708 runs in 16 matches for RCB, including an unbeaten 175.
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