IPL 2022: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), one of the most talked-about teams of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has announced the name of its captain for the IPL 2022 season. RCB announced this in an event called Unbox held in Bangalore. The Bangalore-based franchise has entrusted the captaincy of the team in the hands of former South African team captain Faf du Plessis. Faf has been a part of this mega league for a long time, but during this period, Faf du Plessis has never captained any team before. He has been included by RCB during the mega auction by paying a huge amount of 7 crores.
Faf du Plessis became the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore at number seven- IPL 2022
Royal Challengers Bangalore ie RCB has not been able to capture the trophy even once in the 14-year history of IPL. During this, a total of 6 players have captained the team, including three Indian and three foreign players, from foreign stars to India’s legendary players. In the first season, the current coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid captained the team.
Since then, veterans like Anil Kumble, Kevin Pietersen, and Daniel Vettori have got this responsibility. Although all these could not captain the team for a long time, after which Virat Kohli would have the responsibility of captaincy from 2013 to 2021. Meanwhile, in the year 2017, Shane Watson also captained the team in some matches. In this way, RCB has now Till now 6 captains have been tried and in this case, Faf du Plessis will be the seventh captain of the team.
There will be pressure to end the title drought
In the history of 14 years, this franchise has included star players from all over the world in its team. In such a situation, it will also be very interesting to see whether the South African legends will be able to end the drought of RCB’s title or not. However, during this time the team has made its place in the final match 3 times. But all three times the team had to face defeat. The IPL finals were played in 2009, 2011, and 2016, but the team lost to Deccan Charges Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.
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