IPL RCB 2022: The 15th season of IPL (IPL 2022) will be playing from 26 March. Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore is about to announce its captain. Faf du Plessis will be given command of the team.
Maxwell was believing to be the RCB captain:-
With Virat Kohli stepping down as captain after IPL 2021, the position remains vacant. Glenn Maxwell was also considered as a strong contender for the captain, but the franchise has decided to make Faf du Plessis the captain.
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The RCB captain’s release will be made on March 12.
It was a tough choice, but not a surprise. RCB will release their captain in the press conference at 4 pm. During this time the team will also launch its jersey.
RCB Captain IPL 2022: Glenn Maxwell will not be available for the first three matches in IPL 2022. The Australian team is on a tour of Pakistan these days.
RCB IPL 2022: RCB will hand over the command of the team to Faf du Plessis. The former South African captain has the experience of leading the team in all three formats including the World Cup.
Opening in Chennai Super Kings, Faf played many match-winning innings.
- Why is Faf du Plessis the best choice to captain RCB?
- Faf is the only option after Virat Kohli to have captaincy experience in international cricket.
- In-form opener Faf du Plessis will be one of the first names on the team sheet.
- He will also be available for the entire duration of IPL 2022 after retiring from international cricket.
- The second option was Glenn Maxwell who was considering earlier but would be unavailable for the first few matches.
- He will be quarantining for five days after the Pakistan tour, so he will be available from March 12.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore full Team
Retained: Virat Kohli (15 crores), Glenn Maxwell (11 crores), Mohammad Siraj (7 crores)
The Players Purchased in Mega Oxen:
- Mahipal Lomror (95 lakhs)
- Finn Allen (80 lakhs)
- Sherfane Rutherford (1 crore)
- Jason Behrendorff (75 lakhs)
- Suyash Prabhudesai (30 lakhs)
- Chama Milind (25 lakhs)
- Anishwar Gautam (20 lakhs)
- Karn Sharma (50 lakhs)
- David Willey (2 crores)
- Siddharth Kaul (75 lakhs)
- Lavanith Sisodia (20 lakhs)
- Faf du Plessis (7 crores)
- Harshal Patel (10.75 crores)
- Vanindu Hasranga (10.75 crores)
- Dinesh Karthik (5.5 crores)
- Josh Hazlewood (7.75 crores)
- Shahbaz Ahmed (2.4 crores)
- Anuj Rawat (3.4 crores)
- Akash Deep (20 lakhs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore full schedule:-
- RCB vs PBKS– March 27, Sun at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs KKR– March 30, Wed at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs RR, April 5, Tue at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs MI, April 9, Sat 7.30 PM
- RCB vs CSK, April 12, Tue at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs DC, April 16, Sat at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs LSG, April 19, Tue at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs SRH, April 23, Sat at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs RR, April 26, Tue at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs GT, April 30, Sat at 3.30 PM
- RCB vs CSK, May 4, Wed at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs SRH, May 8, Sun at 3.30 PM
- RCB vs PBKS, May 13, Fri at 7.30 PM
- RCB vs GT, May 19, Thu at 7.30 PMhe
