IPL 2024 will start from March 22. BCCI announced the schedule of the tournament last Thursday (22 February). However, the schedule has been released only for the first 21 matches to be played till April 7. The schedule will be released in two phases, the second phase of which will be released after the Lok Sabha election dates.
The first match of IPL will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. The match will be held on Chennai soil. There is tremendous enthusiasm among the fans for the first match of the tournament. Along with the fans, the Bangalore captain also looked very excited for the first match. Let us know who is the captain of RCB in IPL 2024.
Faf du Plessis is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2024. Virat Kohli had stepped down from the captaincy before 2022 and declared Du Plessis as the new captain of RCB. Du Plessis started his IPL journey with Chennai Super Kings. And will captain RCB in the year 2024
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| Match | Inn | Runs | Avg | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 123 | 4,133 | 36.9 | 33 |
South African cricketer Faf du Plessis has been playing in IPL since 2012. He has played cricket for Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiants, and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the year 2022, he joined Virat Kohli's IPL team RCB and also took over the captaincy.
In IPL 2023, Faf du Plessis has scored 631 runs in 12 matches with the help of 7 half-centuries. His strike rate was 154.27. He became the first batsman to score 600 runs in IPL 2023.
Talking about Faf du Plessis's IPL career, he has played 130 matches and scored more than 4133 runs at an average of more than 36. There are 33 half-centuries recorded in his name.
Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacques, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (traded), Vishal Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep. Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green (traded), Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Sourav Chauhan.
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