IPL 2025 / Rajat Patidar becomes the new captain of RCB, know why Kohli did not become the captain?

IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has announced the name of its new captain for IPL 2025. Amidst all the speculations, it has become clear that the command of the team has been handed over to Rajat Patidar and not Virat Kohli.

Rajat Patidar became the 8th captain of RCB

Rajat Patidar has become the 8th captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Before him, legends like Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, Virat Kohli, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis have captained this team. Among Indian players, he has become the fourth Indian captain after Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli wishes

After Rajat Patidar was made the captain, Virat Kohli has congratulated him. Kohli, who himself has been the captain of RCB for a long time, said that the team is expected to reach new heights under the leadership of Patidar.

Patidar became the captain, why not Virat?

However, it was being speculated that Virat Kohli could take over the command of RCB again. But the team management thought it better to bet on a new face. An important reason for making Rajat Patidar the captain is also his excellent record of captaincy in domestic cricket.

Excellent record as captain in domestic cricket

Rajat Patidar has performed brilliantly while captaining the Madhya Pradesh team. He captained 16 T20 matches, out of which the team won 12. That is, his winning percentage has been 75%. Under his captaincy, the Madhya Pradesh team reached the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25. He made an important contribution not only in captaincy but also in batting.

RCB's IPL performance so far

Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the teams that has not won the IPL trophy even once so far. However, in 17 seasons, it made it to the playoffs 9 times and reached the final 3 times. RCB played the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016, but failed to win the title.

Will Patidar be able to get RCB its first trophy?

Rajat Patidar will now have a big responsibility on his shoulders to make RCB the champion for the first time. The team management will expect him to give a new direction to the team with his captaincy and end RCB's title drought.

It will be interesting to see how RCB will perform under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar in IPL 2025. Will he be able to get the team the trophy for the first time? Only time will tell.