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Cricket News: 3 players who could be the new RCB captain in IPL 2022 | Looking at 3 candidates to be the RCB captain for the 2022 IPL season
IPL 2021 was another heartbreak for Royal Challengers Bangalore and their fans. RCB were defeated by the Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets in the Eliminator. RCB played some very good cricket in the first-half of IPL 2021 and won four out of the seven games in the UAE leg, finishing up in third position.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli, before the start of the UAE leg, announced that this will be his last season as RCB skipper. Now that the season is over for the Bangalore boys, Virat Kohli has stepped down as the captain of the franchise and RCB will be looking for someone who can lead the team from the next IPL.
The mega auction for IPL 2022 will be held in December so there will be many players in the auction pool who can lead RCB in future, and Kohli’s captaincy replacement will be high on their agenda. While there are many players who can do that for RCB, we’ll talk about three players in particular.
Potential candidates for new RCB captain in IPL 2022
KL Rahul
Word is that KL Rahul will part ways with the Punjab Kings ahead of the mega auction. KL Rahul is a class player and one of the best batsmen in the shortest format around the globe.
Despite his poor performance as the captain of PBKS, he can be a great option for RCB. Rahul can lead the side and play his natural game as RCB has a great middle-order of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and AB de VIlliers (expecting them to retain/RTM them) which wasn’t the case in PBKS. Rahul’s addition will be very valuable as a batter, especially as he can play aggressively at the top while leading the side.
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell proved to be an excellent pick in IPL 2021. Maxwell was RCB’s highest run-scorer and 5th overall in IPL 2021 with 513 runs in 15 games at an average of 42.75. He was the backbone of RCB’s batting unit. Maxwell was the only consistent batter who scored runs in almost all games, scoring six half-centuries in the process (joint-highest number of fifties in this season).
RCB can appoint Maxwell as the skipper of their team. He enjoyed himself in the RCB set-up unlike any of his previous franchises and it showed in his performances. His bonding with Virat and AB looked great as well. Maxwell also leads the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, and can transfer that experience over to help RCB win their first IPL trophy.
David Warner
David Warner had a horrible IPL 2021 campaign and he’ll surely want to forget this season. Sunrisers Hyderabad ended at the bottom of the points table and were the first team out of the playoffs race, winning just three matches out of 14. Warner scored 195 runs at an average of 24.37 in eight games including including half-centuries.
He was sacked as the captain of SRH and dropped from the squad mid-season. Warner got an opportunity in the UAE leg after Bairstow was unavailable, but after two games he was again dropped and didn’t even travel to the stadium with the rest of the squad.
Warner has been one of the best and most consistent batters in the IPL. He was the captain of SRH in 2016 and single-handedly won SRH the title thanks to his batting. It is clear that SRH won’t be retaining Warner or will be using a RTM card for him. We all know how good David Warner is and it’s a great opportunity for RCB to pick him and appoint him as their skipper from the next season. He will strengthen their batting as well and has already proved himself as a leader in the previous editions of the IPL.
