South Africa batting legend AB de Villiers was elated to be back with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ahead of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 after he has joined the RCB camp in Chennai on Thursday (April 1).
As per BCCI’s SOPs for IPL 2021, all players (except for those from the India-England series), support staff, and management entering the bubble need to undergo a seven-day quarantine in their hotel rooms, resulting in, De Villiers will be also undergoing 7-day quarantine at the team hotel in Chennai.
With just a week left for the IPL 2021, Mr. 360 said he felt like the last season was finished yesterday and hopes the RCB can carry on the winning momentum gained from IPL 2020 this season in India.
He was also excited to play with the RCB’s new recruits Australian duo of Dan Christian and Glenn Maxwell and hope to win a lot of game with them for the franchise in the upcoming IPL 14, where Virat Kohli-led side will kickstart their campaign against Mumbai Indians on April 9 in Chennai.
De Villiers said in a video posted by RCB on its official Twitter handle on Thursday, “It was a long journey. Very happy to be back with RCB, it feels like yesterday that we finished the IPL. I feel we have the momentum from the last tournament and we'll have a lot of fun.”
He added, “There are some new names but also old names, the people I have known for ages. Dan (Christian) has been with RCB before, it's Maxi's (Glenn Maxwell) first time but we all have seen him so often in the IPL, hopefully, a lot of games for us to win together.”
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Meanwhile, Kohli has also joined the RCB’s bio-bubble in Chennai on Thursday and he is very excited and looking forward to playing in the IPL 14. The skipper also echoed De Villiers’ words that he doesn't feel they played IPL too long before as they have already played a lot of cricket after the COVID-19 break.
He is very excited that the teams are going to play IPL 2021 in India again. The right-hander is also very happy, confident, and optimistic ahead of the IPL 14.
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Noteworthy, RCB players, as many as 11, have joined a nine-day conditioning camp at The Centre for Sports Science (CSS) facilities at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research in Chennai for the IPL 2021 earlier this week. They have been training under the guidance of Mike Hesson, Director of Cricket Operations, RCB, and head coach, Simon Katich.
Here’s RCB’s full squad for the IPL 14:
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Adam Zampa, Devdutt Padikkal, Finn Allen, Kane Richardson, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat
(With ANI Inputs)
