Kohli: Rajat Patidar Front Runner To Lead RCB In IPL 2025: The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to start next month. All the teams have geared up for this. There were some teams who needed a new captain this season. Some of them have announced the name of their captain, while the remaining teams have also slowly started selecting their captain. In this episode, the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) can be handed over to Rajat Patidar. At present, this 31-year-old batsman is considered to be at the forefront of the race to become the captain of RCB.
Kohli Had Clearly Told The Management
There were talks about Virat Kohli returning to RCB as captain again, but this is not going to happen. Kohli had clearly told the management that he was not interested in captaincy again. After this, RCB had a discussion with all the senior India cricketers present in their camp regarding the captaincy. During this time, Patidar appeared at the forefront as a contender for captaincy. Under the captaincy of Patidar, Madhya Pradesh played the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this season. However, they had to face defeat from Mumbai. Patidar was the second-highest run scorer of the season scoring 482 runs. This also made one thing clear the pressure of captaincy does not affect Patidar’s batting.
Rajat Patidar front runner to lead RCB in IPL 2025.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 12, 2025
– Krunal Pandya also an option. (Sahil Malhotra/TOI). pic.twitter.com/JKEgPGprMr
Krunal Pandya Is Also A Good Option For Captaincy
Krunal Pandya is also a good option for captaincy, he has been performing very well as captain in domestic cricket for Baroda. RCB’s team management has also considered his name. Whether Krunal becomes the captain or not, he will always be a part of the leadership group because the team management rates his leadership skills very highly.
Now there is no need to wait much for the official announcement of the name of the new captain of RCB as RCB is going to reveal the name of its new captain in a special program from 11:00 am today.