new Delhi: The complete schedule of the 15th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) has been officially released by the BCCI. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which have yet to win the IPL title even once, are yet to announce a new captain for this season. RCB will start their IPL 2022 campaign with a match against Punjab Kings on March 27.
For the last seven IPL seasons, Virat Kohli was captaining the Bangalore-based franchise but it was only last year that the star batsman announced his decision to step down from the captaincy of RCB.
The 33-year-old will now play for the team as a batsman. Fans on social media have demanded to make Virat the captain of RCB again, but former RCB captain Daniel Vettori believes that the franchise will now look for other options.
“No [Virat Kohli will not be the RCB captain again], I think it’s as simple as that. I don’t think it ever works, let alone in franchise cricket or international cricket. Once the captain takes the lead, it’s right for him to move on,” Vettori told ESPNcricinfo.
In IPL 2022 In the mega auction, Bangalore bought Faf du Plessis for Rs 7 crore, while Dinesh Karthik was bought for Rs 5.50 crore. Both the players have captaincy experience.
Glenn Maxwell, who captained Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL), could also be given a chance to lead RCB.
“I think they will look at Kohli, Maxwell and du Plessis in the leadership group and even Dinesh Karthik. I think Faf will step in for Maxwell. But if they win the first three games, So maybe they’ll stay with him.”
“I think Maxwell is a short long period. Three years in the IPL is a long period of time. They will look at Maxwell as a three-year cycle and hopefully he will continue to play like in the previous IPL. Those will be the factors. He will be the leader in it for three years.”