Faf
du Plessis, the newly appointed captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, said he is
“lucky to play under MS Dhoni for an extremely long time”. Du
Plessis, who played for CSK from 2018 to 2021, was released by the franchise
ahead of the mega auction and RCB bought the former South Africa captain for Rs
7 crore.

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RCB
were looking for a player who could captain the franchise in IPL 2022 since their
long-time skipper Virat Kohli stepped down last year.

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The
15th edition of IPL will begin on March 26, with CSK taking on Kolkata Knight
Riders at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

In
a video shared on the IPL Twitter handle, Faf du Plessis said ‘under MS Dhoni,
we got a strong leadership within the group’. Dhoni, on Thursday, handed over
the CSK captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja after leading the franchise to four IPL
titles in 12 seasons.

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“Nice
challenge for me, I’m joining the new franchise also captaining a big franchise,”
said RCB captain Faf du Plessis.

“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,” said Faf du Plessis in a recent video
posted by RCB.

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Talking
about Virat Kohli, his leadership credentials and working with the team, Du
Plessis said that 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 praising Kohli.

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Royal
Challengers Bangalore will play their opening match of IPL 2022 against the
Punjab Kings on Sunday, at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The matches of
IPL 2022 will be played across stadiums in Mumbai and Pune with an audience
occupancy rate of 25 % as per COVID-19 protocols.

In
IPL 2022, 20 matches each will be held at Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil
Stadium, while Brabourne Stadium and Pune’s MCA Stadium will host 15 matches each.