Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers on Monday (March 29) revealed that he’s ‘all packed’ to join Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the upcoming version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“All packed to join the @royalchallengersbangalore team for the IPL,” de Villiers wrote on social media. De Villiers scored 454 runs in 15 video games final season at a strike-rate of 158.74 with 5 fifties to assist lead the RCB into IPL 2020 Playoffs.
Loving the shape @imVkohli .. I’m all packed to join the group pic.twitter.com/6rBIV3T3EH
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) March 29, 2021
RCB skipper Virat Kohli has already begun his preparation for the T20 league. Earlier within the day, he shared a glimpse from his exercise routine. “No rest days. From here on its all about speed #IPL,” Kohli tweeted.
No relaxation days. From right here on its all about pace #IPL pic.twitter.com/ULkpYmO1uI
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 29, 2021
The RCB is about to play the IPL 2021 opener towards Mumbai Indians on April 9 in Chennai. Last week, Mike Hesson, the RCB Director of Cricket had mentioned that AB de Villiers will as soon as once more be a wicketkeeping choice for the franchise on this 12 months’s IPL.
For a number of matches final 12 months, AB de Villiers donned the wicketkeeping gloves and he’s anticipated to do the identical this 12 months if it fixes the steadiness of the enjoying XI.
“We were delighted with the fact that AB de Villiers loved wicketkeeping and he embraced it. He wanted to continue doing it, he is a real option, we now have a couple of other wicketkeeping options which is great. Mohammed Azharuddeen is a natural athlete with the gloves and in the field. We also have KS Bharat, he is a natural keeper, gives us different options as well,” Hesson had mentioned in a video posted on the official Twitter deal with of RCB.
“We are not going to make the commitment now to you guys as to who will do what. We are really pleased with the options we have got and AB is certainly one of those,” he added.
The ultimate of the 14th version of the match shall be performed on May 30 on the Narendra Modi Stadium. Playoffs will even be performed on the similar venue.
(with ANI inputs)
