For the IPL 2022 season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have appointed former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis as captain. Virat Kohli, who relinquished RCB captaincy after last year's IPL, will play only as a specialist batter.
Du Plessis has joined the Bangalore-based franchise with a lot of experience under his belt. He was associated with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) since 2012 and won two titles with the 'Yellow Brigade'.
With only a day to go for the 15th IPL edition, Du Plessis shared his thoughts about playing under MS Dhoni for a long time.
Notably, the legendary Dhoni on Thursday (March 24) quit CSK’s captaincy, handing over the role to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
"Nice challenge for me, I'm joining the new franchise also captaining a big franchise," Faf du Plessis said in a video posted on the IPL Twitter account.
"I was lucky enough to play under MS Dhoni for an extremely long time. So got to see very closely how his brain works. How things operate under him, we got a strong leadership within the group," he added.
Commenting on Virat Kohli, Faf said he finds himself very lucky as RCB got strong leadership on the side.
"Virat has captained his country for an extremely long time. He's been a very good leader for Indian cricket and RCB and his experience, the wisdom, and knowledge that comes through that is second to none," he said.
The 2022 edition of the IPL is all set to get underway on March 26 with the CSK-KKR clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. A total of 70 league matches will be played across four international standard venues in Mumbai and Pune.
RCB will open their IPL 2022 campaign against Punjab Kings on March 27.
