I Do Believe Glenn Maxwell Will Be Named RCB's Captain, It Could Be For Just One Season - Daniel Vettori
Published - 01 Dec 2021, 06:31 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:01 AM
Former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain and coach Daniel Vettori feels that the franchise has earmarked Glenn Maxwell as their next captain for next season, with Virat Kohli relinquishing the position earlier this year.
Following his terrific show with the bat in IPL 2021, Maxwell has been retained for 11 cr along with Virat Kohli (15 cr) and Mohammed Siraj (7 cr).
Daniel Vettori pointed out that Maxwell has leadership experience in the Big Bash League (BBL) with the Melbourne Stars, where’s he led in 34 wins of the 62 games for the Stars.
“Look, I think Maxwell will be the likely heir to Kohli. He obviously produced [results] in this last year and he was an exceptional player for them. He has the experience of captaining the Melbourne Stars,” Daniel Vettori told ESPNcricinfo.
“We talked about most teams wanting to find a captain in their retained players. It has happened too often that teams know they’ve got a captain, they know they can lock that away and they don’t have to find one in the auction which can cloud your thinking at times.
“I do believe Maxwell will be named captain. It could be [for] just one season, to see how it goes but it’s a pretty good stop-gap measure as they build to the future,” he added.
RCB have got three very good players: Daniel Vettori
RCB chose not to retain a fourth player; they had the option between Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel and Devdutt Padikkal.
However, Daniel Vettori feels that those three players wanted bigger contracts and decided to go into the auction pool. In spite of losing the three key players, the Kiwi believes, RCB still have three strong retentions.
“Obviously, you think Chahal would have stayed or RCB would have wanted him but the thing we have to understand is that players want to go to the mega auction, be available to the two new teams… RCB have got three very good players. They’ve got two of the top T20 batsmen in world cricket.
“Maxwell coming off a great year, potentially being captain of RCB and then one of the best Indian domestic bowlers. It’s a very good three. I am sure they would have loved to have Chahal there, or Harshal Patel or Devdutt Padikkal but those 3 players probably wanted to try their hand at the auction,” the 42-year-old commented.
The two new teams – Ahmedabad and Lucknow – have the deadline of December 25 to finalize their three picks (2 Indian, 1 overseas) from the total pool of players.
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