RCB Captain For IPL 2025 Announcement Highlights: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have announced batter Rajat Patidar as their new captain for the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League. The upcoming season is likely to begin after March 20 and RCB have got their new leader. After the mega auctions in December last year, it was likely that former skipper and star batter Virat Kohli will don the captain's hat again. However, few reports emerged which stated that Kohli himself opted out of the captaincy race. Patidar was among RCB's retained players before last year's mega auction and has the experience of leading Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) and Vijay Hazare Trophy (ODI).
RCB Captain Announcement for IPL 2025 Highlights, straight from Bengaluru:
- 11:32 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Announcement soonThe official announcement of the new captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru for IPL 2025 can be made anytime soon. Just a quick recap, Rajat Patidar, Krunal Pandya, and Phil Salt are the frontrunners as Virat Kohli as opted out. Stay tuned for all the live updates.
- 10:53 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: RCB's solid win vs CSKIn the last league stage match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru square off against the five-time champions Chennai Super Kings. It was a must-win game for both the teams and RCB posted 218/5 after batting first. CSK put up a great fight but got restricted to 191/7 as RCB marched into the Playoffs.
- 10:47 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: RCB's performance in 2024Royal Challengers Bengaluru started their IPL 2024 campaign on a horrendous note. Out of the first eight games, RCB lost seven and were placed at the bottom of the points table. However, Faf du Plessis and co bounced back in style and won all the remaining six games and entered the playoffs. However, they lost against Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator match and got eliminated.
- 10:37 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Another strong candiateIf Royal Challenger Bengaluru are looking for an overseas captain for the upcoming IPL, then England wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt can be the strongest pick. The aggressive batter is strong opener, who can provide a good foundation to the batting lineup with his powerful hitting. Salt, who earlier played for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024, also has an experience of captaincy. He led England in a T20I series against Australia in the absence of Jos Buttler.
- 10:21 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Bhuvneshwar in raceApart from Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya, RCB also have a strong captaincy option in the form of Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The 35-year-old pacer was bought by RCB for Rs 10.75 crore during the mega auctions in December last year. Earlier, he played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and even led them on few occasions.
- 10:12 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Kohli's brilliant run as RCB leaderVirat Kohli has led RCB in 143 matches, the second longest stint as captain after the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings. Kohli has 68 wins and 70 losses and four no-results to show as RCB leader. In 2016, Kohli had led the franchise to the IPL final, and made 973 runs, to date the highest for a batter in a single IPL season. In IPL 2024, Kohli was the top run-getter with 741 runs at a strike-rate of 154.
- 10:08 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Krunal Pandya a good choiceAll-rounder Krunal Pandya can be a strong captaincy pick for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Earlier, he also captained Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 during the absence of KL Rahul. Apart from this, he has been leading Baroda in domestic cricket. With loads of experience, Krunal will be a strong captain for RCB.
- 09:58 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Two main frontrunnersIf the report of Virat Kohli's disinterest in captaincy is true, then the management will face daunting task while choosing their new leader. Looking at the current squad, batter Rajat Patidar and all-rounder Krunal Pandya are the frontrunners for the position. Patidar was among RCB's retained players ahead of the auction and has the experience of leading Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.
- 09:56 (IST)RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Kohli unlikely to lead?Virat Kohli was the RCB captain between 2013 and 2021 before stepping down as Faf du Plessis took over. However, a report by the Times of India states that the star India batter has conveyed to the RCB management that he may not take up the captaincy in IPL 2025. Kohli has a fine record as RCB captain, though he could not land them the title.
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