Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) all-rounder Moeen Ali not too long ago disclosed that the franchise almost changed Virat Kohli as captain again in 2019. Moeen claimed that Parthiv Patel was on the point of being appointed as RCB skipper throughout Gary Kirsten’s teaching tenure.
Kohli, one in every of RCB’s most celebrated leaders, formally took over the captaincy from Daniel Vettori in 2013 and held the function till 2021. Regardless of his spectacular performances with the bat, RCB suffered a horrific run below his management, particularly between 2017 and 2019, ending final in two of these three seasons. The poor seasons got here after RCB’s heartbreaking loss within the 2016 closing. Ali, who was a part of the RCB setup between 2018 and 2020, revealed that there have been discussions about changing Kohli had been fairly severe. He mentioned Parthiv was being strongly thought of for the function.
“Sure, I feel he was. I am fairly positive he was. Within the closing yr when Gary Kirsten was there-after the primary yr, I feel-Parthiv was in line to turn out to be captain. He had an excellent cricketing mind. That was the speak on the time. I do not know what occurred or why it did not materialise, however I am positive he was severely thought of for the function,” Moeen advised Sports activities Tak.
Regardless of inside discussions, the change within the captaincy by no means got here to being. Kohli retained the captaincy and led the facet till 2021, when he voluntarily stepped down citing workload considerations. Kohli led RCB to the playoffs in 2020 and continued to high the run-scoring charts. In 2021, Kohli introduced his determination to surrender captaincy, and South African veteran Faf du Plessis took over within the subsequent seasons.
RCB lastly broke their title drought in 2025 below the management of Rajat Patidar. Kohli performed a giant function with the bat, scoring 657 runs in 15 matches. In the meantime, Parthiv, who was with RCB until 2019, didn’t play within the IPL thereafter.
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