- The new captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is going to be revealed today. The team management may appoint a 31-year-old young player as the captain, not Virat Kohli or Krunal Pandya, under whose captaincy the home team reached the finals.
RCB: Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) is expected to start from March 21. Fans are eagerly waiting for this league as many great players of the world will be seen showcasing their talent in it. But fans are waiting for one more thing than this league, that is who will be the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) this time? After the IPL mega auction, RCB released regular captain Faf du Plessis, after which there were speculations that Virat Kohli could become the captain of this team again, but now it has been revealed that not Virat Kohli or Krunal Pandya but a 31-year-old young batsman can be given the command of this team.
This player will get the captaincy!
Virat Kohli will not captain RCB this season, while RCB is also not looking at Krunal Pandya as a captain, after which it is expected that young batsman Rajat Patidar can be made the captain of RCB. Patidar has been an important part of this team since 2021 and he was retained for 11 crores before this mega auction. From here speculations started that this time Rajat Patidar will be the captain of this team. Earlier, Virat Kohli was also asked by the RCB team management about captaincy, but Virat Kohli did not show interest in captaincy again, while Indian players were also talked to about the captain.
Captained in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Earlier, Rajat Patidar captained Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in which his performance was very impressive. Under Patidar’s captaincy, MP reached the final and was the runner-up, after which he seems to be at the forefront of the captaincy race. However, Krunal Pandya is also in the captaincy race, who has captained Baroda in domestic cricket. Let us tell you that the new captain of RCB will be announced today (13 February) at 11:30 am on Star Sports.
Also Read: “If nothing goes well”, what did Rohit Sharma say before the Champions Trophy, hinted at retirement!