Faf du Plessis or Dinesh Karthik , RCB will announce captain on March 12

Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be announcing their captain for the upcoming IPL 2022 season on March 12. The team is looking for a new captain as Virat Kohli, who had led the team for nine seasons, stepped down from the team’s captaincy role at the end of last season. Faf du Plessis or Dinesh Karthik, RCB will announce captain on March 12.

After Virat Kohli stepped down as the captain and AB de Villiers announced his retirement, RCB pushed for a captaincy option in the Tata IPL 2022 auction, picking up Faf du Plessis. Some report says Royal Challengers Bangalore are all set to name Faf du Plessis as new captain for Tata IPL 2022. The RCB has called for a press conference on March 12 at 4 PM for the same. Faf du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik both have captaincy experience.

After the IPL 2022 mega auction last month, RCB have the option of picking from Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis and Dinesh Kartik as possible replacement for Virat Kohli. Dinesh Karthik was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2022 auction. The franchise paid a price of Rs. 5.50 crores for the wicketkeeper-batsman.

Dinesh Karthik kept a base price of Rs. 2 crores in IPL 2022 auction. In the last season, he played for Kolkata Knight Riders. Dinesh Karthik has been part of Indian Premier League since the first season in IPL 2008. Over the years, he has played for different franchises. He has a long record in the tournament. So far, the wicketkeeper-batsman has played 213 IPL games and accounts for 4046 runs.

From IPL 2008 to IPL 2010, Karthik was a member of Delhi Daredevils. In his debut season, he played 13 matches and scored 145 runs. In IPL 2011, he was picked by Kings XI Punjab. Playing 14 games in the season, the right-handed batsman scored 282 runs. In the next two seasons IPL 2012 and 2013, Karthik was part of Mumbai Indians.

Delhi Daredevils again picked him in the 2014 season. RCB grabbed him in the 2015 season. In IPL 2016 and IPL 2017, Karthik was part of Gujarat Lions. In IPL 2018, Dinesh Karthik joined Kolkata Knight Riders. He remained with the team till the last season.

However, Maxwell won’t be available for the RCB till at least April 6 as he will be joining the team late due to his marriage to fiancé Vini Raman later this month. The South African batter was bought for Rs 7 crore by RCB on Day 1 of the mega auction in Bengaluru.

Royal Challengers Bangalore fended off a bidding war with Chennai Super Kings to buy Faf du Plessis for Rs 7 crore from the list of 10 marquee players. Du Plessis has been one of the most consistent players in the IPL so far as the former CSK star has scored 2935 runs in 100 matches in the IPL. Who will be a next captain for RCB Faf du Plessis or Dinesh Karthik? answer for this question fans need to wait till march 12.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore full squad IPL 2022:

Virat Kohli (15 Cr), Glenn Maxwell (11 Cr), Mohammed Siraj (7 Cr), Mahipal Lomror (95 L), Finn Allen (80L), Sherfane Rutherford (1 Cr), Jason Behrendorff (75 L), Suyash Prabhudesai (30 L), Chama Milind (25 L), Aneeshwar Gautam (20 L), Karn Sharma (50 L), David Willey (2 Cr), Siddharth Kaul (75 L), Luvnith Sissodia (20 L), Faf du Plessis (7 Cr), Harshal Patel (10.75 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (10.75 Cr), Dinesh Karthik (5.5 Cr), Josh Hazlewood (7.75 Cr), Shahbaz Ahamed (2.4 Cr), Anuj Rawat (3.4 Cr), Akash Deep (20 L).