AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle: IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has retired its team jersey number-17 and 333 forever. That is, now no RCB player will be able to wear the jersey of these two numbers. Both these jersey numbers belong to two legend batsmen of RCB, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle, and in honor of these two legendary players, RCB has decided to retire both these jersey numbers.
AB de Villiers used to wear jersey number 17 for RCB, while Chris Gayle used to wear jersey number 333 and enter the field for RCB. Both these players have now said goodbye to RCB. Both these players have scored a lot of runs for RCB in a rash manner. Because of them, the team has also won many matches. In such a situation, RCB is going to include both these batsmen in their ‘Hall of Fame’ and hence their jersey numbers will also be retired in honor of these two legends.
Jersey numbers 17 and 333 will be retired forever as a tribute to @ABdeVilliers17 and @henrygayle, when we induct the legends of RCB into the Hall of Fame, at the RCBUnbox presented by Walkers and Co. pic.twitter.com/Ka2SaORSel
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 17, 2023
De Villiers is the second highest run scorer for RCB
AB de Villiers has played 11 IPL seasons for RCB. He has scored 4522 runs in 157 matches for this franchise. During this, this South African batsman also scored 37 fifties and two centuries. His batting average for RCB was 41.10 and strike rate was 158.33.
Gayle has hit maximum sixes for RCB
Chris Gayle also had a long association with RCB. He played 91 matches for this franchise in seven seasons and scored 3420 runs at an excellent batting average of 43.29 and strike rate of 154.40. Gayle scored 21 half-centuries and 5 centuries for RCB during this period. He is also the batsman to hit the most sixes (263) for RCB.
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