RCB captain Faf du Plessis makes big statement about CSK captain MS Dhoni

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Saturday (March 12) appointed former South Africa national team skipper CSK former player Faf du Plessis as their new captain for the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. After appointed as RCB captain Faf du Plessis makes BIG statement about CSK captain MS Dhoni.

Faf du Plessis, one of the consistent performers for MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, was an obvious choice after Virat Kohli decided to call time on his leadership role for the RCB franchise after a decade during which their trophy drought didn’t end. He was bought for Rs 7 crore by RCB and is available for the whole season.

Meanwhile, Faf du Plessis, who played for CSK from 2011-21, opened up on how he felt playing under the leadership of MS Dhoni while pointing out that it was a new culture for him even in terms of captaincy when he joined the CSK. The crazy thing is, when I started over in Chennai, I had this idea of what captaincy looks like.

And MS Dhoni was the complete opposite of what I thought it would have looked like! Because my culture was South African, right? So, I came to this environment and I was like, ‘this guy was completely different than I thought what it should be!” Faf said during an interview with RCB. Du Plessis also said that he can’t “try to be Virat Kohli” and he will lead RCB with his own style of captaincy.

“What it taught me was that there were different styles, but it is important that you need to be (have) your own style. Because that’s the thing that always comes through when the pressure is on. So, I can’t try to be Virat Kohli because I’m not Virat Kohli. I can’t try to be MS Dhoni. But there are things I’ve learned that helped me grow my leadership style and mature. So, I’m grateful for that journey,” said the new RCB skipper.

A four-time IPL winner, the 37-year-old Du Plessis has so far played 100 games, scoring 2935 runs at a strike-rate of 131-plus. He scored 633 runs for CSK in last year’s IPL-winning campaign.

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IPL 2022 Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Team Players List

irat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohd. Siraj, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Millind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Luvnith Sisodia, David Willey, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Fin Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff.