Royal Challengers Bangalore players and support staff have returned safely to Bengaluru amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. At a time when the air strikes between the two countries are making headlines, RCB released a statement thanking the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for its prompt action on Saturday.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore team, which had reached Lucknow to play a match against LSG, returned to Bangalore on Saturday. The franchise itself shared the video of RCB reaching Bangalore. Something was seen in this video, and afterward, everyone was surprised. Actually, in this video, every player was sharing the performance of the team and their experience before the IPL was suspended.
Jitesh Sharma was going to captain the match against LSG.
Meanwhile, the team’s wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma revealed he would captain the team against Lucknow Super Giants. Captain Rajat Patidar was injured in his last match against Chennai Super Kings; he was not ready to play against Lucknow. In such a situation, the team’s command would be given to Jitesh Sharma, not Virat Kohli.
However, Kohli led the team when Patidar was injured against CSK. Jitesh Sharma is seen saying in the video,
“𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝑪𝑩, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚.”
He added,
“𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒕 [𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒂𝒍] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 2-3 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕.”
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