RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be announcing their captain on Thursday for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at 11:30 AM IST. Following the release of Faf du Plessis, RCB didn’t buy anyone with leadership abilities in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Although it can’t the said as to who will don the captain’s hat, but one among Virat Kohli or Rajat Patidar could be given the charge. Virat Kohli had led RCB from 2013 to 2021. The high point of Virat Kohli’s captaincy came in 2016, when they finished runners-up to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
On the other hand, Rajat Patidar, who was one of the three retained players for RCB for IPL 2025, captained Madhya Pradesh in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy earlier in the season.
RCB full squad for IPL 2025
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, 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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