RCB Captain Change: Virat Kohli return as captain in IPL 2023

RCB Captain Change: Virat Kohli returned as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain against Punjab Kings on Thursday in Mohali after regular skipper Faf du Plessis missed out due to some injury. Kohli revealed that Du Plessis will take part in the game as an Impact Player. RCB Captain Change: Virat Kohli return as captain in IPL 2023. “Faf potentially can’t be fielding today, so he’ll be playing as impact player, switching with Vyshak Vijaykumar,” Kohli said during the coin toss.

The toss was won by PBKS on Thursday and Sam Curran decided to field first. Kohli received a huge ovation on his return to captaincy and revealed the reason behind taking up the role once again. As quoted by Cricbuzz, Kohli revealed that Du Plessis would be playing as an Impact Player as he couldn’t take the field due to his rib injury suffered during the match against CSK.

The star batter said RCB weren’t disappointed in losing the toss as they wanted to bat first in the clash. Kohli said that RCB is taking things one game at a time. “Faf potentially can’t be fielding today, so he’ll be playing as impact player, switching with Vyshak. We got to do what we wanted, we would have batted first, the pitch could get slow, some scruff marks will help the bowlers going deep into the game.

Taking one game at a time, focussing on our own game, make the most of crunch situations, we haven’t gone that so far in the tournament. No other changes for us,” said Kohli.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings Playing 11:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj.

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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

PBKS impact substitutes – Prabhsimran Singh, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza.

RCB impact substitutes – Vyshak Vijaykumar, David Willey, Karm Sharma, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat.