{"id":4813,"date":"2025-02-13T04:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T04:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2025-02-13T07:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:18:03","slug":"ipl-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/ipl-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"RCB set to name captain for IPL 2025 on Thursday, possible surprise in store: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/e2bangla.com\/2025\/02\/13\/best-odi-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL 2025<\/a><\/strong>: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise is all set to name its captain for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season on Thursday, February 13, according to a number of media reports. Veteran South Africa batter Faf du Plessis led the Bengaluru franchise from 2022 to 2024, but was not retained ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name of Virat Kohli has been doing the rounds over the past weeks. The batting star led RCB from 2013 to 2021. He also led in a few games in IPL 2023. As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, the 36-year-old is a frontrunner for the position. However, as per Times of India (TOI), Kohli is unlikely to take up the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IPL 2025<\/strong>: Middle-order batter Rajat Patidar has emerged as a key contender to take over from Du Plessis as RCB captain. Senior all-rounder Krunal Pandya is also being considered a dark horse for the top job, given his experience as a leader in domestic cricket for Baroda. As for Patidar, he led Madhya Pradesh to the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which they lost to Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udc69\ud835\udc79\ud835\udc6c\ud835\udc68\ud835\udc72\ud835\udc70\ud835\udc75\ud835\udc6e \ud83d\udea8<br><br>The wait is almost over! \u23f3<br><br>RCB Men\u2019s Team Captain announcement tomorrow at 11:30 AM for the upcoming IPL season \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPL2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IPL2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndyFlower?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AndyFlower<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sportskeeda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Sportskeeda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGX0WvdyDh\">pic.twitter.com\/UGX0WvdyDh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportskeeda\/status\/1889710391623618811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/champions-trophy-2025\/\">The TOI report added that RCB have sent an invite for a &#8216;special media gathering for key announcement&#8217; on February 13.<\/a> Director of Cricket Mo Bobat and head coach Andy Flower are likely to be present at the event. A number of social media users have claimed that the announcement of RCB&#8217;s new captain would be made at 11:30 AM on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IPL 2025<\/strong>: Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis&#8217; record as RCB captain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-1024x690.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-1024x690.png 1024w, https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/e2bangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21.png 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kohli has led Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 143 matches out of which the franchise has won 66 and lost 70. 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