Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli said that the players who are joining the team have excellent skills. He said that he is very excited to see him with the whole group in the practice session.
With Adam Zampa, Daniel Sams, Finn Allen, Kane Richardson and Washington Sundar unavailable for the second leg of IPL 2021 in UAE due to various reasons, RCB picked Vanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chamira, Tim David, George Garten and Akash Deep as their Is. Replacement.
“I have been in touch with everyone. We’ve discussed it over the past month or so, with a little bit of replacement and who else is coming, who isn’t. Eventually, we replaced our key players with some high quality cricketers. Our key players will be missed and they are part of the family. But commuting people have some great skills, especially in these situations. I am very excited to see him in practice with the whole group and very excited to resume a very good season that we started last time,” Kohli said in a video posted by the franchise on Monday. said.
Kohli is looking forward to stepping into the domestic and international stage of T20 cricket for the next month and a half. “Going into the T20 stage, I think it’s going to be a very exciting phase and every bit important for us at RCB and then for the Indian team in the World Cup as well.”
The Indian captain hinted at landing in the UAE earlier than expected after the cancellation of the fifth Test in Manchester. “Unfortunate how we got here early. But with COVID, things are very uncertain. So anything can happen anytime. Hopefully we are able to maintain a good, strong safe environment and a quality IPL. And then there’s the World Cup.”
Fast bowler Mohammad Siraj was excited to join the RCB team in Dubai and move on to the second leg. Joining the RCB family after so many days. I’m so excited. We are in a good position in the points table so it will be a lot of fun. We have very good player replacements so we are looking forward to that. To be honest, my career has progressed from here so I am very excited to be back. In the Australia series where I was the highest wicket-taker, I am ready to take on a similar responsibility.”
Kohli and Siraj are now in mandatory hotel quarantine for six days after arriving in Dubai on Sunday. RCB are third in the points table with 10 points from seven matches. They will begin the second leg of IPL 2021 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi on 20 September.
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