Shoaib Akhtar Makes BIG Statement on RCB Captain Faf Du Plessis

Mumbai: Faf Du Plessis took over as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore after Virat Kohli decided to step as the leader. With a lot of expectations riding on his shoulders, Faf joined RCB at Rs 7 Cr. Ahead of RCB’s big game against Rajasthan Royals, ex-Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar made a massive comment on the new RCB captain. Being brutally honest, Akhtar said that he did not find anything in Faf’s style of captaincy.

Akhtar while speaking on Sportskeeda, said: “Virat has quit leadership and Du Plessis has taken over, so he will lead in his own way. I am not a huge fan of Faf du Plessis because I don’t see anything (special) in his captaincy.”

Terming Kohli as an ‘unfortunate’ captain, Akhtar reckoned Faf has a lot to prove. Akhtar said further: “Virat has been a very unfortunate captain for both India and RCB. He tried his best, but it didn’t work for them. Having said that, Faf has a point to prove. At times, he doesn’t look that sharp during his leadership. He has been given the responsibility of leading a huge franchise, so let’s see if he is able to revive their fortunes.”

Probable Playing XIs

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, David Willey, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep