Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra believes leading a high-profile team like the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) might be tough for Faf du Plessis in IPL 2022. However, RCB bought Du Plessis for ₹7 crore at the IPL 2022 Auction. With Virat Kohli out of the captaincy stint, the South African veteran has been given the responsibility as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: “Faf du Plessis is going to lead a very high-profile team. He gets the respect, he is very sorted. He is captaining for the first time in the IPL but he has been an international captain and for a long time. He is a respected captain. He has always been part of the leadership group with a voice that matters. So when he becomes the captain now, he is not looking left-right or over the shoulders that Sanjay Bangar or Mike Hesson will tell. He will listen to everyone but do what his mind says.”

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Faf du Plessis led South Africa in 40 of the 50 T20Is he has played, scoring 1273 runs at an impressive average of 37.44 as captain.

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“His challenge will be that he is going to a franchise that has a big name, the performance has not been bad, but since it is not up to their standard, it seems they are short. Virat Kohli in the side, Glenn Maxwell in the side, suddenly you think that things should be very good. It becomes a bit of a challenge to live up to those expectations. Their bowling is good and he will manage it well. It will be interesting how he manages the lower-middle order and getting the best out of Kohli,” Aakash Chopra concluded.