Rajat Patidar Succeeds Virat Kohli as RCB Captain for IPL 2025

One of the well-liked franchises Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) introduced the rising India batter Rajat Patidar as their new captain for the upcoming IPL 2025 (Indian Premier League) season. Notably, the Bangalore-based franchise revealed its main determination on Thursday, February 13, after Virat Kohli was deemed to take over the reins as soon as once more.

Nevertheless, Kohli was not fascinated with main the aspect as soon as once more after the previous skipper Faf du Plessis was not retained through the IPL mega auctions. RCB held a press convention to finish all of the speculations across the new accountable for the aspect. For the uninitiated, Kohli had led Bangalore between 2013 and 2021, respectively.

Throughout his lengthy tenure with the franchise as captain. though RCB did not win an IPL title, the 12 months 2016 turned out to be probably the greatest years for Virat Kohli as he led the franchise to the ultimate. Nevertheless, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) denied them to grasp their dream of IPL glory.

In the meantime, talking of Rajat Patidar, the teenager has gained some beneficial management expertise by captaining Madhya Pradesh (MP) within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy aka SMAT. Patidar led MP to the ultimate of the premier home T20 cricket competitors. Furthermore, he additionally led the aspect within the coveted Vijay Hazare Trophy as nicely. Therefore, after Kohli, he was deemed match to take the mantle from du Plessis as RCB didn’t choose any participant in particular who possesses management qualities.

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The following captain of RCB is…

Many greats of the sport have carved a wealthy captaincy heritage for RCB, and it’s now time for this targeted, fearless and fierce competitor to steer us to glory! This calmness underneath stress and talent to tackle challenges, as he’s proven us within the… pic.twitter.com/rPY2AdG1p5

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) February 13, 2025

Full RCB squad for IPL 2025:

Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.

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