Former South Africa and RCB cricketer AB de Villiers is expecting a big season for Kohli with the bat this IPL season.

According to him, the former RCB skipper will score more than 600 runs in the 15th edition of the cash-rich league.

RCB is missing De Villiers in this season after the latter announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The franchise has tried to fill in his position, at the top of the order though, by picking Faf du Plessis and have also named him their skipper.

RCB lost their opening game to PBKS despite posting 205 runs on the board batting first. However, the two time IPL finalists made a strong comeback against Kolkata Knight Riders to win their first match of the season.

“Everyone knows about Faf du Plessis coming in as captain. I think the most exciting thing for me is Virat not being captain and releasing a bit of the pressure, really just going out there and freeing up. I am expecting a very big season from Virat. I am thinking 600+ runs from him this year,” he AB said while speaking to VUSport Official.

He also shared his expectations from the players at the RCB camp, mainly young players on the team, to develop themselves this season with the franchise.

“He (Kohli) will be in Faf’s ear, but Faf is also very experienced as well. He has got a good cricketing training on him and he would allow Virat and some of the youngsters to just go and free up, and just enjoy the IPL. “I don’t know what to expect (from RCB) but I expect some individuals to really rise in this IPL from the RCB setup,” De Villiers added.

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