MI vs RCB | Faf du Plessis Joins the Elite List of RCB Batters, Maxwell Smashes Fifty in 25 Balls
Maxwell raising his bat after a fifty (AP Photo)
Faf du Plessis was bought ahead by RCB in the 2022 IPL Auction to lead them after Kohli decided to let go his extra responsibility of captaincy. Since then, Faf has lived up to the expectations nicely and scored 468 runs in his first season for RCB. RCB also managed to qualify for the playoffs last season.
He has been brilliant in the 2023 season as well and is currently leading the batting charts. In the ongoing game against MI at Wankhede, the RCB skipper crossed a landmark of 1000 runs for RCB leading from the front with the bat.
Talking about this 54th game of IPL 2023, MI got the big wicket of Virat Kohli in the very first over of the game and then Anuj Rawat also could not last long. However, Maxwell joined Faf du Plessis and both of them are now delivering a brutal counter-attacking punch. At the time of writing, RCB are 104-2 at the end of 10 overs with Faf du Plessis batting on 44 off 27 balls and Maxwell batting on 51 off 26 balls.
This is a high-scoring ground and it is critical for RCB to go past 200 to challenge a strong MI batting line-up.
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