RCB: Before the recently concluded Indian Premier League mega auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore surprised everyone by releasing their captain Faf du Plessis. Since then fans have been speculating about the new captain of the team. However, in the latest media reports, a strong player has been described as the new captain of RCB and its official announcement can be made soon. Let us give you detailed information about this matter.

Faf du Plessis released

After the Indian Premier League 2021, Virat Kohli decided to step down from the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore. After this, South African star cricketer Faf du Plessis was given the command of RCB. Under his captaincy, the team was also successful in reaching the playoffs in 2022 and 2024. But even they could not end RCB's trophy drought. In such a situation, the team management decided to release him before the mega auction of IPL 2025.

Now this player will take command

Royal Challengers Bangalore retained only 3 players in the form of Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal before the mega auction. Virat and Yash are not contenders to become captain. In such a situation, it is now believed that Rajat Patidar can be handed over the captaincy. He has a lot of experience in captaining Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket. Rajat also led MP in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024.

This has been the performance

31-year-old Rajat Patidar is a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 2021. But in 2023 he could not participate in the tournament due to injury. He has scored 799 runs in the 27 matches played so far in IPL at an average of 34.73 and strike rate of 158.84. During this period, he scored 1 century and 7 half-centuries.