The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have made their needed arrangements to announce their future skipper for the upcoming IPL 2022 season of the Indian Premier League and will disclose the identity of South Africa’s Faf du Plessis on March 12. Here the article is about RCB New Captain 2022.
RCB To Announce Their New Captain for the upcoming IPL 2022 season
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has scheduled a news conference for March 12 (today) at 4 p.m. for about the same cause. Kohli, who has been with the RCB franchise since 2008, assumed the captaincy role in 2013 succeeding Daniel Vettori and guided the franchise to the IPL finals in 2016.
With Kohli stepping down as skipper just after the conclusion of the IPL 2021, the position has become open. Glenn Maxwell was widely expected to be picked as a successor, but the RCB prefer Du Plessis instead.
Maxwell’s identity has likely pushed out of the discussion for captaincy
However, following 3 consecutive lower-left finishes in 3 seasons of the Indian Premier League, Kohli managed that the side advanced for the playoffs in the IPL 2020 and 2021, accordingly. RCB’s concerns over the next captaincy were amplified after AB de Villiers made his announcement to retire from cricket well before 2022 IPL.
Furthermore, RCB had just 3 individuals retained before the IPL 2022 blockbuster auction- Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, & Mohammed Siraj. They eventually spent Rs 7 crores in the bidding process to acquire Faf du Plessis, and rumors circulated that one of Maxwell or Du Plessis would be the next RCB skipper. This will all be exposed and verified on March 12, as the RCB has scheduled a media conference around 4 p.m-today.
RCB had planned to announce the new skipper on March 8 but has now chosen to postpone the activity. The team released in a Twitter post that they’ll be honoring 14 years of existence on March 12 at the Museum Cross Road in Church Street.
Maxwell’s identity has likely pushed out of the discussion for captaincy owing to his unavailability from the 1st 3 games of the IPL 2022. Notwithstanding not being picked in the limited-overs series versus Pakistan, Cricket Australia (CA) has prevented its official players under contract from appearing in the IPL until April 5, meaning the NOC should still be effective from April 6.
The veteran South African captain has tremendous leadership knowledge, having led the nation in all 3 formats of the game, along with the World Cup. Du Plessis was a definite starter for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and he’ll have his spot as an upfront secured in RCB’s Playing XI, allowing him to pick up the lead.
