Virat Kohli back as captain for RCB In IPL 2024

IPL 2024 season building hype right from the auction itself, teams have started making some big announcements about their squads in the 17th edition of the league. Virat Kohli back as captain for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) In IPL 2024

Royal Challengers Bangalore Change captain for IPL 2023. Sources suggest that the 35-year-old Indian star batsman is being considered for the captaincy role in the new season. Far du Plessis is the current RCB captain who took the reigns from Virat Kohli.

Virat had decided to retire from the Captain role after the IPL 2022 season and wanted to focus only on his batting performances on the 2023 season. In IPL 2023 RCB won only 7 matches out of 14 matches. After this, there were questions about the leadership of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team.

Because Royal Challengers Bangalore had lost 4 out of 7 matches played at home IPL 2024. Royal Challengers Bangalore dream of winning the title for the last 16 seasons continues. It has been 7 years since RCB started their campaign with the slogan ‘ee sala cup namde’ every time without entering the final. Especially in the last season, RCB won only 7 matches out of 14 matches.

After this, there were questions about the leadership of the RCB team. Because Royal Challengers Bangalore had lost 4 out of 7 matches played at home. As a result, the RCB team was eliminated from the league stage for the first time after 2019. Due to this, it is now being doubted that RCB will enter the fray under the leadership of Faf du Plessis in this IPL.

Because Faf du Plessis has led the RCB team for the last two seasons. In total 27 matches under Faf, RCB have won only 14 matches. That means RCB lost 13 matches under the leadership of Faf du Plessis. In the absence of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli led the RCB team in three matches last season. At this time, he had attracted attention with his earlier aggressive leadership.

Due to this, the discussion has started whether the RCB franchise will give the captaincy to Virat Kohli again. Because Virat Kohli had resigned from the captaincy of the RCB team due to the burden of leadership in the past. That means leading the Indian team and RCB is becoming a burden. Due to this, it is now being doubted that RCB will enter the fray under the leadership of Faf du Plessis in this IPL.

Because Faf du Plessis has led the RCB team for the last two seasons. In total 27 matches under Faf, RCB have won only 14 matches. That means RCB lost 13 matches under the leadership of Faf du Plessis. In the absence of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli led the RCB team in three matches last season. At this time, he had attracted attention with his earlier aggressive leadership.

Due to this, the discussion has started whether the RCB franchise will give the captaincy to Virat Kohli again. Because Virat Kohli had resigned from the captaincy of the RCB team due to the burden of leadership in the past. That means leading the Indian team and RCB is becoming a burden. Although Far du Plessis led the team in two consecutive seasons, the expected performance did not come up.

Under the leadership of Virat Kohli, RCB entered the playoffs 3 times and played the final once. 39-year-old Far du Plessis, is on the verge of retirement. Due to all these reasons, It should not be surprised if the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise is given the captaincy again in IPL 2024 to Virat Kohli.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad for IPL 2024:

Faf du Plessis (C), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzari Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lucky Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Sourav Chauhan.