IPL 2023: “Virat Kohli will be the highest run-scorer for RCB”, Aakash Chopra

Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli has regained his lost form as he has started piling runs in all the formats. Former Indian batter Aakash Chopra believes Virat Kohli will be the highest run-getter for RCB in the upcoming IPL season.

Aakash Chopra discussed about RCB’s batting lineup ahead of IPL 2023 on his show “AakashVani” on JioCinema. The former opening batter picked Virat Kohli ahead of RCB skipper Faf du Plessis.

“Who will be the highest run-scorer for this team – Faf or Virat Kohli? I am going to go with Virat Kohli. Virat didn’t score runs last year. It cannot happen every year, so he will score runs and then the team will look slightly stronger,” Aakash Chopra said on his show ‘Aakashvani’.

“They have a very good captain in the form of Faf du Plessis. If we talk about the batting, Virat Kohli comes to open along with Faf du Plessis. They might not have a place for Anuj Rawat and then Rajat Patidar at No. 3, he has performed very well,” the former opener further added.

IPL 2023: RCB’s lethal batting combination

Along with Virat Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis, Royal Challengers Bangalore have got the likes of Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell. Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, and Shahbaz Ahmed further provide the much-needed strength to RCB’s batting lineup. With a couple of good players in the middle order, RCB can play Virat Kohli in the opening slot. This will allow the star batter to play maximum overs. RCB have backup batting options in Finn Allen and Michael Bracewell.

Virat Kohli scored 341 runs in 16 matches at an average of 22.73 in the IPL 2022 edition. This is certainly not up to mark as per the standards set by the mighty batter. Virat has now regained his lost form in International cricket and will look to replicate the same for RCB.

The RCB franchise are yet to clinch its first IPL despite performing well in the previous few seasons. With the kind of depth RCB have added to their batting lineup, skipper Faf du Plessis will look to change the fortune of his side I’m the upcoming IPL season.