Xtra Time Web Desk: Former India captain MS Dhoni announced to step down as CSK’s skipper on Thursday ahaed of the start of the Indian Premier League season. The announcement took everyone by shock and since then, the cricket fraternity have been paying tributes to the legendary wicketkeeper-batter. Faf du Plessis, the newly appointed skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), was earlier a part of the CSK squad during their title-winning campaign last season, also shared his views on playing under Dhoni.
In a video shared by the Indian Premier League on Twitter, du Plessis said that he was fortunate enough to play under Dhoni.
“I was lucky enough to play under MS Dhoni for a very long time. Got to see very closely how his brain works and how things operate under him,” said the former South Africa skipper.
MS Dhoni handed over the captaincy duties to Ravindra Jadeja in the upcoming season of IPL.
RCB will play their first match against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Sunday, March 27 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
RCB Squad: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Luvnith Sisodia, Siddharth Kaul