RCB captain Faf du Plessis is impressed with his team-mate Anuj Rawat in this ongoing IPL and feels the wicket-keeper batter is a “future” star in the making while Rawat smashed 66 off 47 balls against Mumbai Indians on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis is delighted with his team-mate Anuj Rawat in the ongoing IPL so far and feels the young wicket-keeper batter is a “future” star in the making. Rawat, a left-handed batter, has opened with du Plessis in all the games for RCB so far in this IPL edition.
He played an outstanding inning on Saturday against the most successful IPL franchise Mumbai Indians while he slammed 66 off 47 balls and successfully chase the 152 runs.
“The way he’s playing at the moment is beautiful… He’s a very good player for the future,”
Du Plessis said after their seven-wicket win over MI at the MCA Stadium.
“Comes down the wicket, shows intent, he’s a very good player for the future. That’s what makes the young guy so good for us at the moment.”
Rawat made an uninspired IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021 when he was out for a golden duck, which happened to be the only match for the son of a farmer from Ramnagar in Uttarakhand.
Rawat made his Ranji debut for Delhi in 2017-18 and it was only the next edition he influenced with his maiden hundred a 183 ball 134 that helped Delhi recover from being 36/5 and seal a nine-wicket win.
In the domestic T20 tournament, Rawat hit 15 fours and 10 sixes from just five innings while in the One Day format he had the best average for Delhi 58.33 with a strike rate of 108.69.
RCB snapped up the youngster, assault out for Rs 3.4 crore at the recent IPL mega auction.
“I spoke about him before at the start of the tournament, just looking at the potential that he has… We talk a lot to develop game awareness,”
Du Plessis said.
Rawat was not able to convert his starts initially and had scores of 21, 0, and 26 in their last three matches.
“Finally, in this game, I was having the same mindset as previous games but I’m happy that I finished it,”
Rawat said.
“It feels great to be a part of RCB, opening with Faf and having players like Virat in the team is a great feeling for me.”
RCB next faces reigning champions Chennai Super Kings at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.