‘Watch the best of him this season’, Ab De Villiers backs Virat Kohli for IPL 2024
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2024 opener at the Chepauk Stadium on March 22.
New Delhi: AB De Villiers has backed his former RCB teammate Virat Kohli for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League and believes he would have a great season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. RCB will take on Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2024 opener at the Chepauk Stadium on March 22.
“Stalwart, King Kohli, over 7,000 runs, over 200 IPL matches – but that’s just unbelievable. That’s like a career in itself. Virat comes back. We have missed him immensely and absolutely cannot wait to see the best of him next season,” de Villiers said on his YouTube channel.
De Villiers also backed his Proteas teammate and current RCB captain Faf du Plessis, saying: “He has had a bit of a dip in form recently but towards the end of the SA20 he started to find his feet again which can boast of doing well for RCB this season.”
Captains Faf du Plessis, Smriti Mandhana and batting icon Virat Kohli unveiled the new name RCB – Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and the new jersey at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday. The team’s new name and logo were also unveiled at a magical RCB Unbox 2024, confirming that the team will now be known as Royal Challengers Bengaluru, as has been speculated for some time.
Honoring the spirit of the team’s passionate and enthusiastic fans – the 12th Man Army, one of the most loyal fan bases in the world – the remarkable event took place for the third time, and it was even more special this time, especially after the recent women’s team victory in the 2024 Women’s Premier League.
The uniquely exciting event provided fans with an unforgettable experience to watch their favorite stars live in action ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, with the entire team taking part in a training session, which gave a glimpse of what they can do in the near future to expect. season.
Kohli launched the new jersey along with captain Mandhana of the women’s team and skipper Du Plessis of the men’s team.
Fan favorite Kohli, Du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell received loud cheers from the fans as they took the field along with other RCB stars at the packed M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.