AB de Villiers descends on Dubai as RCB resume training ahead of tournament

Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers arrived in Dubai on Monday to attend the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp ahead of the second leg. IPL 2021. De Villiers will now have to be in quarantine for six days before taking the field for a training session. He took to his Instagram handle to provide updates about his arrival in Dubai with his family.

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“From the friendly @emirates staff to the wonderful welcome to @jatheresort, have a very pleasant trip to all UAE. Exciting 6 weeks ahead. And there is no bad view from our room,” wrote de Villiers. In the first half of IPL 2021 in India, de Villiers scored 207 runs in seven matches at an average of 51.75 and a strike rate of 164.28, including two fifties.

Most of the domestic players in the RCB team arrived in Dubai on August 29 and started training recently after finishing the quarantine. Earlier, Director of Cricket Operations-cum-Coach Mike Hesson had said in a video posted by the franchise on YouTube that de Villiers would arrive in Dubai on Monday. “ABD is at the airport now, so he’ll be on his way.”

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Hesson also said that Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell would join in 2-3 days while New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson would join the team on September 10. Bangalore are currently third in the points table with 10 points from seven matches. . They will resume their IPL 2021 campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders on 20 September at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

RCB started training

Royal Challengers Bangalore resume training ahead of the resumption of the VIVO IPL 2021 season after the completion of quarantine, in Dubai on Sunday, 5 September 2021. In the United Arab Emirates the team entered the field running with a football game in order to adapt to the weather.

Speaking about the first training session and highlighting the updates regarding the arrival of players, Mike Hesson, Director of Cricket Operations and Head Coach, RCB said, “6th, 8th and 10th (September) at the gym. There will be days So, instead of doing split groups like last time, we’re all going to go as a group. There will be 7th, 9th and 11th skill training. It gives you a day where you can train hard and then you can do your S&C (Strength and Conditioning) and be fine.

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