IPL 2022: Virat Kohli should don captaincy hat again, RCB won’t get anyone better - Harbhajan Singh
India Today
IPL 2022: Former spinner Harbhajan Singh said he won't be surprised if Virat Kohli takes over as RCB captain again despite options available for leadership role at the auction, scheduled for February 12 and 13.
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said he won't be surprised if Virat Kohli takes over captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2022 and continues for a couple of years. Harbhajan listed out options for RCB captaincy but said the former finalists are unlikely to find anyone better than their former skipper.
RCB retained as many as 3 players ahead of the IPL 2022 auction. They retained Virat Kohli for Rs 15 crore, Glenn Maxwell for Rs 11 crore and Mohammed Siraj for Rs 7 crore but are they did not name their captain for the new season.
RCB will head into the auction with a purse of Rs 57 crore and there are options for captaincy candidates but Harbhajan believes Kohli can be the right man if he is willing to do the job once again.
Notably, Kohli stepped down as RCB captain after IPL 2021, bringing an end to his 8-year-tenure as skipper without winning a title in the premier T20 competition. Kohli also gave up T20 captaincy, highlighting workload management. He was also sacked as India's ODI captain after which he stepped down from Test captaincy in January this year in an unforeseen decision.
Harbhajan Singh said Shreyas Iyer, who is one of the 10 marquee players for the IPL 2022 auction, can be a good fit at RCB but none like Kohli.
" "Despite having many big names, RCB is a team who is yet to lift the title. AB de Villiers won't play this season and Kohli has stepped down from captaincy... so they need to find a captain now. Among Indians, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan are the two names who can efficiently lead the team," Harbhajan said while speaking in his YouTube channel.
"Shreyas has already shown his captaincy prowess while leading the Delhi franchise. But I think Kohli will have to don the captaincy hat again. RCB won't get a better leader than him," said Harbhajan.
