Virat Kohli holds the record for leading RCB in the most IPL games. He first captained the team in 2011 in Vettori’s absence and was appointed as the full-time captain in the 2013 season.

As the IPL 2025 comes close day-by-day, franchises are making the big decisions to announce their leaders for the tournament. The post Updated list of captains for IPL 2025: 2 teams yet to announce their Leader appeared first on Cricket Country.

Shreyas Iyer has been acquired by Punjab Kings and is expected to take on the captaincy role, bringing his leadership experience to the franchise.

Rajat Patidar was named as the new Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday, succeeding South African Faf du Plessis in the role. Speculation was rife that former India captain Virat Kohli would return as the captain of the side he led from 2013-21 before du Plessis took over.

Rajat Patidar has been appointed captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2025, which begins on March 21. The development was contrary to wide expectation that Virat Kohli would lead RCB again after they did not retain Faf du Plessis,

Since Rajat Patidar has been appointed as new captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2025, let take a look at past skippers of Bengaluru-based team Rajat Patidar has been appointed as new captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2025.

Besides Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya were also strong contenders for the captaincy, given their leadership experience. Patidar has captained Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy,