The Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed one player from the marquee set of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. They have roped in former South African cricket team captain Faf du Plessis for a whopping INR 7 crore. Since the last 10 years, du Plessis was playing with MS Dhoni.
His first team was the Chennai Super Kings. When CSK received a suspension in 2015, du Plessis played with Dhoni for the Rising Pune Supergiant team. Afterwards in 2018, du Plessis returned to the Chennai Super Kings as they used the Right To Match card to buy him back.
However, this time around, there was no option to use the RTM card. The Royal Challengers Bangalore had an intense bidding war with the Chennai Super Kings, and ultimately, they signed him for a price of INR 7 crore. The former South African cricket team captain entered the auction with a base price of INR 2 crore.
The Chennai Super Kings were the first franchise to bid for him. The Royal Challengers Bangalore joined in soon, and in no time, the amount crossed 3 crore. Delhi Capitals showed interest next as CSK quit the bidding war. DC and RCB fought until the figure reached INR 7 crore. Eventually, it was RCB that signed du Plessis.
How fans on Twitter reacted to Faf du Plessis joining RCB team
Here’s how the cricket universe on Twitter reacted after seeing the Royal Challengers Bangalore secure the services of du Plessis.
Drop a ❤️ to welcome @faf1307, 12th Man Army!#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLMegaAuction #IPL2022 #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 12, 2022
Can’t imagine @faf1307 playing for other Ipl 😭😭. But it’s okay, Best of luck Faf in Rcb. You will always be a Cskian 💛🥲 pic.twitter.com/TxBaB7zwyA
— Suhas PSPK (@DeepalaSuhas) February 12, 2022
— SHSP 💔🥺 (@imVkohliAppufan) February 12, 2022
What we. What we get
— SN (@SRINATH1012) February 12, 2022
Ordered#RCB #IPLMegaAuction2022 pic.twitter.com/P8DJP4akzX
Why didn’t you get Warner he was below 7 cr😔
— Akki (@A_kki03) February 12, 2022
SOLD – @faf1307 goes to @RCBTweets for INR 7 Crore#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 12, 2022
Joining RCB’s #ClassOf2022:
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 12, 2022
Name: FAF du Plessis
Price: 7 CR
Welcome to the family! 🤩@faf1307 #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLMegaAuction #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/wnEbvndOXV
AB Devilliers left, Faf Du Plessis came for RCB.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 12, 2022
Faf Du Plessis sold to RCB at 7cr. Kohli, Maxwell and Faf to play together.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 12, 2022
Faf du plessis Is a Royal Challenger #Fafduplessis @faf1307 #RCB #royalchallengersbangalore pic.twitter.com/9WoQlE3e82
— Movie Updates (@CDailyhunt) February 12, 2022
Welcome to the Challengers Faf du Plessis 😄😄 Faf, VK and Maxi sounds okay to me 😁 #IPLAuction #IPLMegaAuction2022
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) February 12, 2022
Mike Hesson confirms Faf Du Plessis will bat in the top order for RCB.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 12, 2022
Faf to #RCB – wont be able to digest this for a while 😔
— Siddarth Srinivas (@sidhuwrites) February 12, 2022
