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Batting stalwart Virat Kohli may have stepped down as Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper, but he says he "can still be a leader within the team and drive it forward towards success" in the IPL season which kicked off on Saturday. After giving the hot seat to Faf du Plessis, Kohli will take the field without wearing the captain's armband for RCB for the first time since 2012.
Siraj is looking forward to working under new Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis and a most talked-about bowling unit during the upcoming IPL 2022 edition. Siraj will be strengthening a bond with the franchise into the fourth year while his former skipper Virat Kohli will be extending his partnership with RCB into the 15th year.
The IPL 2022 season is upon us and the buzz before the tournament is surely palpable. This anticipation has not only left the fans quite eager, but even the participating players who can't wait for the tournament to begin. Taking to Koo, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star Virat Kohli shared pictures from a training session, saying there were "butterflies in the stomach" ahead of the start of the tournament.
The world's most glamorous T20 tournament is back on Saturday as the Indian Premier League returns.
Indian cricket's crown jewel, the IPL, is back home: bigger, better and longer. It will be the first time since 2011 that 10 teams be fighting it out for the most coveted T20 trophy in world cricket. Two new entrants, Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans, fetching a combined price of approximately USD 1.7 billion shows that brand IPL keeps getting bigger. It took 14 years but the league has now well and truly gone global. The owners of the iconic Manchester Untied also wanted a slice of the IPL pie but lost to the RPSG Group and Britain-based CVC group on the bidding table.
Former India captain MS Dhoni on Thursday stepped down as the skipper of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the start of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The announcement came as a shock to many and the cricketing fraternity has been paying its tributes to the veteran wicketkeeper-batter. Newly-appointed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis, who was part of CSK squad during their title-winning campaign last season, also shared his views on playing under Dhoni.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli feels MS Dhoni's "legendary" tenure as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will never be forgotten by the fans. Dhoni has decided to hand over the leadership of CSK to Ravindra Jadeja ahead of the much-awaited season of IPL 2022. Kohli on Thursday shared a touching picture with Dhoni on KOO to pay tributes to the legendary skipper.
As MS Dhoni stepped down as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain, his former India teammate Virat Kohli shared an emotional message for him. Kohli and Dhoni are known to share a close bond and the former congratulated the iconic wicketkeeper-batter for a great stint as captain, during which he led CSK to four Indian Premier League (IPL) titles. "Legendary captaincy tenure in yellow skip. A chapter fans will never forget," Kohli wrote in his tweet. "Respect always," he added, with red and yellow heart emojis.