Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) witnessed a pretty good outing in the IPL in the last couple of seasons as they had qualified into the playoffs regularly but in this year, they had many changes as now Faf Du Plessis has been appointed as the skipper of Bangalore franchise after Virat Kohli stepped down from the position.
Till now RCB has played a couple of games in the league against Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders where they lost against Punjab Kings in the opening match in a high-targeting game whereas won the match against KKR in the low scoring encounter. Before the commencement of the third match, RCB has been struck with bad news as their player Luvnith Sisodia has been injured, and now due to extreme injury he has been out of the team.
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Now the franchise has signed Rajat Patidar as the replacement for Luvnith Sisodia. Rajat Patidar was in the RCB squad during the previous year’s edition and has played 4 matches yet with a score of 71 at a strike rate of 114.52.
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
We’re glad to welcome Rajat Patidar back into the RCB camp for the remainder of #IPL2022. He replaces the injured Luvnith Sisodia, who will continue to be in the RCB bio bubble to complete his rehab. #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2022 #RCB #ನಮ್ಮRCB pic.twitter.com/2K17iCZIen
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 3, 2022
Now it will be interesting to see a young player filling the place of another young player and it might bring huge chances for Patidar to enhance more with stalwarts like Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore will play the next match against Rajasthan Royals as the 13th match of the tournament which will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Right now Royal Challengers Bangalore are placed at 6th position with net run rate of -0.04 whereas Rajasthan Royals are at the top of the table with 2 wins out of 2 matches and has a mammoth net run rate of +2.10
