Breaking! Veteran player to lead Bangalore in Indian T20 League 2022

South African star batsman and former captain Faf du Plessis has been announced as the captain of Bangalore for the Indian T20 League 2022. The South African batsman was part of the Chennai team for a considerable part of his Indian T20 League career. However, before the 2022 mega auction, Du Plessis was released by the Chennai team. Although they went into the bidding war but could not buy back the South African star as Bangalore secured his services for 7 Cr INR.

Faf has played 100 matches in the Indian T20 League, scoring 2935 runs at an average of 34.94 with a strike rate of 131.08. Du Plessis had a particularly brilliant 14th season of ITL for Chennai. In the Indian T20 League 2021, he scored 633 runs at an average of 45.21 with a strike rate of 138.20. His consistency at the top order along with fellow opener Ruturaj Gaekwad was one of the main reasons behind Chennai’s championship win in the season.

Faf Du Plessis has been one of the most successful captains of South Africa. Faf led South Africa in 36 Tests, 39 ODIs and 40 T20Is. Under his captaincy, the Proteas won 18 Tests, 28 ODIs and 25 T20s respectively.

Among other notable achievements during his tenure as captain is that South Africa booked a spot in the semi-final of the 2014 20-20 World Cup. Du Plessis has portrayed himself as a positive and result oriented captain always.

The long-time leader of the Bangalore team, Virat Kohli stepped down from his role last year after another trophy-less year for Bangalore under his leadership. This year, with the new assimilation of players, Du Plessis appeared to be the best contender for the job. Under his leadership, the Bangalore fans would expect a turn in their fortunes.