Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Faf du Plessis and his bowlers will have their task cut out against the batting unit of KKR led by captain Shreyas Iyer and Sam Billings
Kohli and De Villiers shared an 11-year-long bond at RCB
IPL Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Updates: Odean Smith stole the show with his brilliant hitting and won the game for Punjab with his 25* off 8 balls. Rajapaksa and Mayank played well
Rahul was bought by the Mayank Agarwal-led Punjab Kings for Rs 5.25 crore in the mega auction
RCB will now be led by four-time IPL winner Du Plessis, who was purchased by the franchise for Rs 7 crore in the mega auction last month
Du Plessis was handed over the cap by team's chairman Prathmesh Mishra and director cricket operations Mike Hesson in a virtual event
The former RCB and India skipper asserted that it is very difficult for people to understand what a cricketer thinks while taking such decisions
The IPL 2022 will begin in the last week of March
IPL Auction 2022 Live Day 2- Punjab get Liam Livingstone for Rs 11.5 cr, Odean Smith at Rs 6 cr. MI get Jofra Archer for 8 cr, Tim David at 8.25 cr
IPL Mega 2022 Auction Live Updates: Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Nicholas Pooran, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Sharddul Thakur and Lockie Ferguson sold for over Rs 10 Cr
On Saturday -- Day 1 of the auction -- Bangalore picked Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Anuj Rawat and Akash Deep apart from buying back last year's players Harshal Patel and Hasaranga
MI waited for the second session to engage in a bidding war with Sunrisers Hyderabad, eventually shelling out Rs 15.25 crore (USD 2 million plus) to retain Kishan's services
Charu Sharma will continue with the auction proceedings today
Lucknow Super Giants also picked Quinton de Kock and Manish Pandey for Rs 6.75 cr and Rs 4.60 cr respectively
India seamer Harshal Patel, who was IPL's top wicket-taker last year, enjoyed a fantastic auction as Royal Challengers Bangalore retained him for Rs 10.75 crore
The IPL 2022 mega auction is being held in Bengaluru and it is a two-day event that will get over on Sunday
Kohli was speaking about his experiences of how being picked by the franchise changed his life in a podcast of 10 episodes created by the RCB side released on Saturday
Chahal was a part of the RCB squad since 2014 but he was retained by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auctions.
One of contemporary cricket's greatest batters, De Villiers had retired from all forms of game in November last year
India Test and ODI skipper Virat Kohli has said that he did not have any second thoughts on staying with IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for the next three editions of the tournament.