NEW DELHI: Leading up to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, ex-Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra highlighted the consistency demonstrated by Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli in the preceding season with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Addressing viewers on his official YouTube platform, Chopra noted the presence of English batting all-rounder Will Jacks as the backup option for the Bengaluru-based franchise.
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"This team also has Will Jacks among the backups. So they have a lot of options. The top five or six are as good as you can have. Faf and Kohli were very consistent last year and Maxi has also become consistent now. He is a very good player and Cameron Green is a gun," Chopra said.
1/10:10 IPL captains with highest win percentage
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2/10:Daniel Vettori
<p>Daniel Vettori rounds off the list with an overall win percentage of 54.54%, captaining RCB in 22 matches.</p>Getty Images
3/10:Rishabh Pant
<p>Rishabh Pant holds the ninth spot with an overall win percentage of 55%, having led DC in 30 matches.</p>Getty Images
4/10:Gautam Gambhir
<p>Gautam Gambhir achieved a win percentage of 55.42%, with 71 wins out of 129 matches as captain for DC and KKR.</p>Getty Images
5/10:Shane Warne
<p>Shane Warne secures the seventh position with an overall win percentage of 55.45%, leading RR in 55 matches.</p>Getty Images
6/10:Rohit Sharma
<p>Rohit Sharma boasts a win percentage of 56.32%, securing victory in 87 out of 158 matches as captain for MI.</p>Getty Images
7/10:Anil Kumble
<p>Anil Kumble holds the fifth position with an overall win percentage of 57.69%, captaining RCB in 26 matches.</p>Getty Images
8/10:Sachin Tendulkar
<p>Sachin Tendulkar achieved an overall win percentage of 58.82%, captaining MI in 51 matches.</p>Getty Images
9/10:MS Dhoni
<p>MS Dhoni leads with a win percentage of 59.37%, having won 133 out of 226 matches as captain.</p>Getty Images
10/10:Steve Smith
<p>Steve Smith holds the second position with an overall win percentage of 59.52%, captaining in 43 matches for PWI, RPS, and RR.</p>Getty ImagesThe 46-year-old said that anyone who comes on the cease at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, "regains" their form.
"Look at their batting. You will have Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli at the start. Then comes Cameron Green followed by either Glenn Maxwell or Rajat Patidar - these five gun batters. If you feel Rajat Patidar wasn't in form in Tests, it doesn't matter, whoever reaches the Chinnaswamy regains his form," he added.
RCB finished sixth in the last season, winning seven and losing seven matches. 14 points were not enough to secure them a position in the playoffs. The highly popular franchise, boasting popular superstars like Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell etc will be looking to end their trophy drought this year
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2024 squad:
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat KohliRajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mayank Dagar (traded from SRH), Cameron Green (traded from MI), Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chuahan.
