Virat Kohli will play under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has appointed silver Patidar as the new captain of the team for the upcoming IPL 2025. RCB retained silver before last year’s mega auction. Rajat has the experience of captaining Madhya Pradesh in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare tournament.

Kohli congratulated Silver Patidar

Now Rajat Patidar has congratulated Virat Kohli on becoming the captain of the team. Kohli said, ‘I and the rest of the team members are with you silver. The way you have progressed in this franchise and performed brilliantly, it has made a place in the hearts of RCB fans. You deserve it. RCB has not won a single trophy so far. But the team reached the finals three times. The team has reached the playoffs in four of the last five sessions.

Kohli was the captain of RCB from 2013 to 2021.

Before this RCB announcement, there was speculation that Virat Kohli could return to the team as a captain. Kohli was the captain of RCB from 2013 to 2021. But under his captaincy, the team could not become the champion even once. Kohli led RCB in 143 matches. 36 -year -old Virat Kohli will now play five years younger than him under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar.

 

Rajat Patidar’s great performance in domestic cricket

The 31 -year -old Rajat Patidar signed a contract with the franchise in 2022. Under the leadership of Rajat, Madhya Pradesh reached the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Apart from this, the team lost to Mumbai by five wickets last year. Rajat Syed was the second highest run -scorer after Ajinkya Rahane in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored an average of 61 in 10 matches and 428 runs at a strike rate of 186.08.

 

Rahul Dev

Cricket Jounralist at Newsdesk

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