Faf Du Plessis

IPL 2024: Defending 175-run target - Faf reveals RCB's success matra vs CSK

RCB has become the first side ever to qualify for the Play Offs after having just a solitary win in their first seven games of a season.

RCB's IPL 2024 playoff qualification scenarios: Chances for last four

RCB could finish at the third spot of the IPL 2024 leaderboard if the top three teams in the league stage would win just a single match, which is highly unlikely, in their remaining six matches.

IPL 2024: Flying to Turkey cheaper than watching RCB play in Bengaluru

The premier ticket for the RCB match against the Punjab Kings on March 25 was priced at Rs 52,938

RCB needs Indian staff members for better performance: Virendra Sehwag

Sehwag says Indian players in RCB might experience challenges in effective communication due to team's foreign coaching staff

IPL 2024 RCB vs SRH Highlights: Most runs in a T20 match ever as Hyderabad beats Bengaluru

Indian Premier League 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad highlights: Chasing 288 to win, RCB ended up at 162/7, thereby making this game the T20 match with most runs scored ever

IPL 2024 MI vs RCB Playing 11- Three changes in Bengaluru side, 1 in Mumbai

MI vs RCB Playing 11: Vaijaykumar Vyshak and Mahipal Lomror were back in the playing 11 of Bengaluru while Will Jacks made his debut replacing Cameron Green. Shreyas Gopal replaced Chawla in Mumbai

IPL 2024 RCB vs KKR matchups: From Kohli against Starc to Russell vs Siraj

The anticipation has been built in such a manner that it seems to be the most awaited game of the season. The stakes are high as both teams are coming on the back of wins in their last matches

IPL 2024 RCB vs PBKS Highlights: Karthik, Kohli win thriller for Bengaluru

IPL 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Highlights: Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik played crucial innings as Bengaluru managed to chase down 177 and register their first win of the season

IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru schedule, match time, SWOT Analysis

If RCB is to win the trophy, they must work on their strengths instead of worrying about their weakness. We try to find out what their strengths and weaknesses are through this SWOT analysis

IPL 2024, RCB vs PBKS preview: du Plessis seeks better outing from bowlers

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2024 campaign is just one-match old but it has already exposed their biggest chink -- brittleness in bowling, and they need better returns from bowlers against a confident Punjab Kings at an unforgiving M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday. During their six-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings, the pacers were guilty of blindly following a short-pitch ball strategy while the spinners just did not have enough resources to exploit a gradually slowing-down Chepauk pitch. The three RCB spinners -- Mayank Dagar, Karn Sharma and Glenn Maxwell -- bowled five overs between them and managed middling figures of 37 for one without actually troubling the batters. In contrast, the two CSK spinners -- Ravindra Jadeja and Maheesh Theekshana --bowled a combined eight overs for figures of 57 for four when the deck was much easier to bat. So, the Royal Challengers' spinners will have to brace for a tougher task here as the 22-yard trampoline with short fences a

IPL 2024 - It's unbelievable batting with Virat: RCB skipper Du Plessis

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis says Virat Kohli's infectious energy, which easily rubs off on everyone, is the secret of the brilliant on-field and an equally fulfilling off-field equation he shares with the Indian superstar. Du Plessis, who took over the team's captaincy after Kohli decided to step down at the end of the 2021 season, said batting with the prolific right-hander is an "unbelievable experience". "It's unbelievable batting with him. He is one of the favourite guys I like to bat with. He brings out so much energy in me, like sometimes, I feel I am fist bumping my glove though his hand because he gets so passionate being out there in the middl," Du Plessis told 'Star Sports'. "It's really infectious the way he gives that energy,... how this guy is always on and how does he manage it...on the field while catching balls, we both are very competitive and make sure we get those good catches for the team," the stylish right-hander said. He might not be th

SA 20: Faf du Plessis keeping SA options open in T20 World Cup year

As much as Faf du Plessis finds MS Dhoni's leadership inspirational but when he leads Johannesburg Super Kings in the upcoming SA20, he will go about the job in his own way, with an eye on wearing the Proteas jersey in the T20 World Cup in June . While he now leads RCB in the IPL, Du Plessis remains a sentimental favourite with the Yellow Shirt fans and watching him wear the "JSK" uniform does invoke a sense of happiness in them. So will SA20 act as a vehicle for one last shot at the global trophy? "Final crack... it is first about getting back from injury, looking forward to playing cricket again," he put things in perspective during the captains' press interaction on Monday. "Obviously, the tournament is the most important thing, I just want to make sure I play good cricket. It is a great time for us to be still involved in the game. Then we'll see what happens after that." About leading a franchise forever synonymous with MSD, Du Plessis is always ready to pick brains of senior

IPL 2023 number wise: 12 hundreds, 1124 sixes, 2174 fours and much more

It was an IPL full of high hopes and higher numbers as old records were broken and new ones were created. Here's deep dive into some interesting facts from the recently concluded tournament

IPL 2023 Highlights: Kohli's ton in vain, Gill's 100 sends MI to playoffs

Indian Premier League Highlights: Virat Kohli's century went in vain as Shubman Gill also hit a century to win it for GT. As a result, MI, which beat SRH earlier in the day, went to playoffs. RCB out

SRH vs RCB Highlights IPL 2023: King Kohli powers Bangalore to a big win

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights, SRH vs RCB: Virat Kohli scored a brilliant 100 off 63 balls as the Royal Challengers Bangalore chased down 187 with eight wickets in hand and four balls to spare

IPL 2023 SRH vs RCB preview: Bangalore eye victory to get close to playoffs

A victory in this game would put Bangalore ahead in the race for the playoffs as they would play their last game at Chinnaswamy and would have a better net run rate than Mumbai Indians

IPL 2023 Highlights: RCB beat Royals by 112 runs, Rinku-Rana do it for KKR

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights: Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana added 99 in 76 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings. Earlier RR were bowled out for 59, lost by 112 runs to RCB

MI vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023: Surya, Wadhera guide Mumbai to historic win

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights, MI vs RCB: Suryakumar Yadav's career-best 83 (35), and Nehal Wadhera's 52* (34) helped Mumbai cruise to the 200-run target and march to 3rd place in points table

RCB vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2023: Spinners, Roy and Rana win it for Kolkata

Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates, RCB vs KKR: Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Catch all the updates from that game here

IPL 2023 RCB vs KKR preview: Experimental Kolkata meet stable Bangalore

Chandrakant Pandit, who was picked from domestic cricket to coach an IPL team for the first time, is known for experimentation. But his experiments have failed to bore fruits so far for KKR