‘Virat Kohli Took Lots Of Pressure In Me’: Faf du Plessis Ahead Of GT vs RCB IPL 2024 Match
New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis lavished praise on star batter Virat Kohli ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 match 45 which will be played between Gujarat Titans and RCB at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on April 28, Sunday.
Du Plessis revealed that Kohli backs him alot and he made him feel like a home. RCB skipper also said that the he also took a lot of pressure from him.
“Virat backs me a lot, after the auction he sends me a message that ‘you are the guy, we wanted’ – that made me feel like a home & took lots of pressure in me as he is such a big figure & whole India wants him to be the captain so his support means a lot for me” Faf du Plessis said on Starsports.
This is a forgetful season for the Bengaluru-based franchise as they are currently last in the points table of IPL. RCB just won two games out of nine outings in the tournament so far.
RCB will now face GT for the upcoming match of the tournament. GT are seventh in the points table with four wins. Both teams have played three IPL matches against each other where RCB just won one match and GT won two.
Squads:
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Warrier, Sai Sudharsan, Sharath BR, Manav Suthar, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Matthew Wade, Umesh Yadav, Kane Williamson, Jayant Yadav, Abhinav Manohar, Joshua Little, Kartik Tyagi, Spencer Johnson, Sushant Mishra
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar