On Friday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) players boarded a flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), which is scheduled to commence on September 19. To the delight of all RCB fans, the Bengaluru-based franchise posted a group photo comprising most of their players on their various social media accounts, with their players’ faces covered with masks and face shields, making it hard to distinguish them.
Still, some of the notable players that were recognizable in the picture were leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel, and fast bowlers Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini. Captioning the picture on Twitter RCB wrote: “UAE calling! AirplaneFlag of United Arab Emirates. The Royal Challengers are all set to take-off! Drop a Red heart if you’re happy to see the RCB fam together again! #PlayBold #TravelDays #IPL2020”.
UAE calling! ✈️🇦🇪
The Royal Challengers are all set to take-off!
Drop a ❤️ if you’re happy to see the RCB fam together again! #PlayBold #TravelDays #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/nHLj6TUegV
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) August 21, 2020
It was hard to ascertain if RCB skipper Virat Kohli has boarded the flight or not and fans also flooded the post enquiring about the same.
ALSO READ: MS Dhoni And His Men Seems Happy While Leaving For UAE
Teams like Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Rajasthan Royals (RR), and two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have already reached the UAE on Thursday while defending champions Mumbai Indians'(MI) contingent boarded the flight on Friday.
MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have also boarded their flight on Friday as well. According to the reports of PTI, CSK off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will not be boarding the flight on Friday due to some personal reasons. He is expected to join his champion side in the next two weeks or so.
ALSO READ: Hardik And Krunal Ready To Leave For UAE In PPE Kits
Virat Kohli, who has led the Indian team to many memorable wins across the globe, but he is yet to guide RCB to win a single IPL title so far. The entire tournament being hosted in the UAE has negated home team advantage that some teams made full use of all these years and RCB fans would hope that it works in their favor and they get to see their team lifting their maiden IPL trophy.
