RCB to announce new captain on Mar 12 at Church St

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will announce their new captain on March 12 at an event at Bengaluru’s Church Street. “The beginning of a new era of leadership requires a BIG stage,” RCB tweeted while announcing the event.

RCB are the only team remaining to announce their captain for IPL 2022, which will begin on March 26. The captaincy post was left vacant after Virat Kohli decided to step down after the last season. While Glenn Maxwell was favourite to be named replacement but RCB is expected to go ahead with Du Plessis.

The former South African skipper has vast experience of captaincy having led the team in all three formats including in the World Cup. At Chennai Super Kings, Du Plessis was a guaranteed starter and he will have his place sealed in RCB’s Playing XI as an opener, opening the door to take over the charge.