Faf du Plessis, the former South Africa skipper, will lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming Indian Premier League 2022, the franchise announced on Saturday (March 12). Du Plessis takes over from Virat Kohli, who relinquished Royal Challengers' captaincy at the end of the last season.
Du Plessis will become the seventh to captain the Royal Challengers, with Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, Kohli and Shane Watson having led the team previously. Among them, Kohli has captained the side in most matches - 140 matches with 64 wins, 69 losses, three ties and four no results, with a win percentage of 48.16.
While this will be Du Plessis’s first captaincy assignment in the IPL, he has led several teams in the T20 format, including South Africa and World XI in international cricket. Comilla Victorians, Paarl Rocks, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and St Lucia Kings are the other teams that Du Plessis has led in T20s. He has been the T20 captain in 79 matches previously, with 43 wins, 34 losses, one tie and one no result, with a win percentage of 55.76.
