IPL 2022: Top 5 players who can substitute Virat Kohli in the league

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have been facing major challenges with Virat Kohli abandoning his skipping career and AB De Villiers retiring from cricket professionally.

Well, there are a lot of talents who have the potential to be next RCB skipper thus, replacing Virat Kohli. A number of players with captaincy experience will be availaible for different teams in the auction.

Here are the 5 players who have the potential to become the next Virat Kohli in IPL

  1. David Warner– Australia’s star player David Warner will be a part of the mega auction for the new teams. He did not have a success in 2021’s IPL which resulted him resigning as the captain and Australia’s star opener David Warner will be available for the new teams in the Mega Auctions. After having an underwhelming IPL 2021, subsequently stripped off from captaincy, and playing XI in SRH. Though he has got the space to prove himself. In the recent ICC WT20 in UAE, he received the award of Player of the Tournament, making a successful World Cup campaign for the Australian team.

2. Shreyas Iyer– Delhi Capitals former skipper Shreyas Iyer suffered from injury which led him to undergo a surgery. For this reason he couldn’t make it to the first leg of IPL 2021. As per reports Iyer asked Delhi Capitals Management to release him as a captain so that in the mega auction other franchises can take him as a captain.

 Iyer is a multi-tasker and his talent can be put to good use. He also the the potential to become the franchise’s future face.

3. Steve Smith– Australian skipper. Steve Smith will return for the mega auction in IPL. HE is an excellent choice to play for RCB with Virat Kohli. He has also led teams in all formats of the sport. He got involves in a sandpaper controversy, since then he was asked to step down as a captain.

4. Eoin Morgan– This man’s captaincy record is astounding. He has led England to a World Cup win. He was a contributor to England’s great performance in 2021 T20 World Cup in T20 in UAE. His aggressive nature as a captain grabbed a lot of eyeballs. He can add a lot of value in RCB’s franchise. In fact he can be the next AB De Villiers. RCB needs a strong middle order batter and Eoin Morgan is the perfect choice for it.

5. Manish Pandey– Manish Pandey has a lot experience as a skipper in domestic cricket. He was the skipper of Karnataka’s domestic team in recent years and it was a success. In SMAT 2021, he under his captain karnataka made it to the finale wvwn without key players like Mayank Aggarwal, Devdut cy of experience as a skipper extensive experience as a captain in domestic cricket. He has captained Karnataka’s domestic team in recent years and has been quite successful. In SMAT 2021, he led Karnataka to the finals despite the absence of key players such as Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal. He is regarded as an astute captain and a brilliant man manager.

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