IPL 2022: Virat Kohli Rates RCB's Jersey Ahead Of New Season

Former Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli welcomed Faf du Plessis as the new skipper of the franchise ahead of IPL 2022. He is the seventh skipper of the side taking over the reins from Kohli. RCB have started their pre-season announcement and in the same event along with Du Plessis’ announcement, the new jersey was also launched. 

The RCB official Twitter handle posted a picture of Faf and Kohli wearing the new kit of the franchise. Muthoot Fincorp is the prime sponsor of the franchise along with a few others as well. Kohli has always taken a lot of pride playing for RCB over the years and wearing its jersey as well. This time was no different as the former skipper said the loved the colour and the style of the kit. 

Love The Design Of The New Jersey: Virat Kohli

“I love the design. I love how the dark blue blends into the red and the detailing of the jersey is amazing. I love the new RCB typeface as well and the integration of the RCB lion. The material is so comfortable I absolutely love it and the moment I wore it, I felt something special. I can definitely say, this is my most favourite RCB jersey, ever!” the 33-year old said.

The franchise retained Virat Kohli (15cr), Glenn Maxwell (11 Cr) and Mohammed Siraj (7 Cr) ahead of the mega auction. In the auction, they roped in 19 players including Faf du Plessis for 7 crores. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) play their first game against Punjab Kings in a day-nighter on March 27 at the DY Patil stadium in Mumbai.

“I absolutely love it and the moment I wore it, I felt something special. I can definitely say, this is my most favourite RCB jersey, EVER!” ?

King Kohli loves the new #RCBJersey for #IPL2022 and so do we!❤️@imVkohli #PlayBold #RCBUnbox #UnboxTheBold #ForOur12thMan #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/hIuLquniHh

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 12, 2022

Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indias play a 3 pm game to kick off their respective campaign on March 27 as well.

After being announced as the skipper of the side, Faf kept a word on Virat’s importance for the side and how he will count on his experience of taking to their maiden IPL title. 

“His (Kohli’s) achievement as a cricket player has been probably one of the greatest, so big respect for what he’s done not just with the bat in his hand but also in terms of captaincy, he’s revolutionized Indian cricket,” Du Plessis said.

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