RCB Bold Diaries: Playing at the Chinnaswamy is an emotion - RCB players express excitement ahead of first IPL 2023 home game

In less than 12 hours, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will descend on the Chinnaswamy turf for their IPL 2023 opener against the Mumbai Indians. The two teams have sparked quite a legacy over the past few years and before it all begins once again at the Chinnaswamy, the RCB players had a special message for the fans.

In the latest episode of RCB Bold Diaries, Faf du Plessis said, “I’m so excited to get going. It’s the fans, they are so loud and you just want to be out there. That’s why they say that playing here at Chinnaswamy is an emotion.”

Dinesh Karthik said, “We all know the kind of RCB gets from the crowd that comes to Chinnaswamy. Arguably probably the best in India. Every player is looking forward to that.”

Virat Kohli said, “It’s one of the few things in recent years that I am really really excited about because I know how much the fans want to see us back in the stadium and the Chinnaswamy will be lit up again.”

Shahbaz Ahmed added, “It can’t be any better than this. I am very excited about our match with the Mumbai Indians on 2nd April. I think that it's all going to be a different atmosphere and I am very excited about the same.”

RCB kick off their IPL 2023 campaign today against the Mumbai Indians before they play their first away game against the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 6th at the Eden Gardens.