‘Make Virat Kohli RCB captain, there will be a fight’: World Cup hopeful Faf du Plessis sacked

Like previous years of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore have experienced a hot and cold season so far in IPL 2024. They find themselves in the bottom half of the table with a serious lack of consistency. Barring Virat Kohli, none of the other batsmen look like hitting big balls on a regular basis. The bowling wasn’t very good either. This puts RCB in a situation where they cannot navigate as well as teams like Rajasthan Royals and SunRisers Hyderabad. (IPL 2024 Points Table)

Former Indian cricket team star Harbhajan Singh has called for some drastic measures to curb the decline.

“I am saying make Virat Kohli the captain. At least there will be a fight. Virat Kohli makes his players fight. Faf du Plessis, you have to play him. People because He sat back and watched. A player who made hundreds of dollars playing games. “Being absent in every league, but he came here and he sat out. He was absent because Fife was playing. Make Virat Kohli the captain. This team will fight and then win,” Harbhajan told Star Sports ahead of RCB’s match against MI.

In fact, RCB captain Faf du Plessis himself admitted that the team’s performance in IPL 2024 is not going well. “We tried to change things so we gave some players, some new players opportunities and it was important for them to take their chances and it was important for the players to have a decent performance but we found ourselves in a position where we didn’t do a good job. stage, so it’s time to make a change. It’s important to be consistent, “That’s where we’ve been disappointing. But we know we can turn it around,” he said before the game.

RCB is one of the teams besides Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants who are yet to win the IPL. RCB has been participating in the IPL since 2008 along with DC and PBKS.