IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore Start Training In Dubai

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) players along with director of cricket-cum-coach Mike Hesson and other support staff members started their first training session prior to the second half of IPL

With AB de Villiers in quarantine after checking into the team hotel earlier in the day, Hesson said that Glenn Maxwell will arrive two or three days later while Kyle Jamieson will touch down on September 10.

On bubble-to-bubble transfers, Hesson said, "Both the India-England bubble and the Sri Lanka-South Africa bubble will be straight bubble to bubble transfers. So, those will be arriving two or three days before the opening game. Obviously, they've been playing plenty of cricket, so it's just a matter of getting them over here and acclimatizing to the heat."

Royal Challengers Bangalore will kick-start their IPL 2021 campaign against the Kolkata Knight Riders on September 20 in Abu Dhabi. They are at third place in the points table with 10 points from seven matches.