For the primary time, IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore will honor former gamers Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers for his or her contribution to the franchise whereas enjoying within the Indian Premier League.
The group will completely retire the jersey variety of the batting legend and induct him into the RCB Hall of Fame as a token of gratitude for his companies.
The franchise took to Twitter to announce the transfer and wrote:
“We promised you throughout final yr’s IPL that we’ll deliver @ABdeVilliers17 and @henrygayle collectively on the Chinnaswamy Stadium. And sure, he’s going to attend the #RCBUnbox occasion on twenty sixth March 2023 to be inducted into the RCB Hall of Fame.”
We promised you throughout final yr’s IPL that we’ll get @ABdeVilliers17 And @henrygayle Together at Chinnaswamy Stadium. and sure they will be on the present #RCBunbox occasion on 26 March 2023 to be inducted into the RCB Hall of Fame. Ticket hyperlink in bio!#playbold pic.twitter.com/9wBeieNJtI
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 17, 2023
As per the announcement, there will probably be an occasion known as RCB Unbox on March 26 on the Chinnaswamy Stadium. It will probably be a curtain raiser for his or her upcoming season. First, the group’s full squad observe will probably be held, adopted by the RCB Hall of Fame induction ceremony and later, celebrities like Sonu Nigam and Jason Derulo will carry out on the occasion.
During the announcement, former RCB captain Virat Kohli expressed his happiness on enjoying alongside the legendary cricketer and mentioned, “AB has actually modified the sport of cricket along with his innovation, expertise and sportsmanship. I’ve performed with Chris for 7 years and that is going to be essentially the most particular journey for me.
Meanwhile, Gayle has performed 84 matches for the group, scoring 3,163 runs at a median of 44 and a strike price of 152.7, together with 249 fours and 239 sixes, whereas de Villiers is shut to five,000 runs in 144 matches for RCB and one scored runs Strike price 158.6.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
