RCB: The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise has not made any purchase as a captaincy option in the IPL 2025 auction. Due to which it is now believed that Virat Kohli will take over the captaincy of the franchise.
Meanwhile, after recent reports in the media, it is believed that the franchise may hand over the responsibility of the team's new captain to this player who flopped at the international level for Team India, and not in the name of Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Rajat Patidar.
Krunal Pandya may get the captaincy of RCB
Krunal Pandya has been included in the team squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL 2025 auction at a price of Rs 5.25 crore. Krunal Pandya recently led the Baroda team to the semi-final round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy while captaining in domestic cricket, while in the mid-season of IPL 2023, even after KL Rahul was injured, he took over the captaincy responsibility for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. Due to which the franchise can consider his name.
Krunal Pandya flopped at the international level
Krunal Pandya has played 19 T20 matches and 5 ODIs for the Indian team at the international level. In 19 T20 matches, Krunal Pandya has taken 15 wickets as well as scored 124 runs with the bat. At the same time, in the 5 matches played in ODI cricket, Krunal has taken 2 wickets while Krunal has scored 130 runs with the bat.
Krunal Pandya's IPL cricket statistics are excellent
Krunal Pandya has played 127 matches in IPL cricket so far. In these 127 matches, Krunal Pandya has taken 76 wickets as a bowler and scored 1647 runs. During this time, Krunal Pandya has represented Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants in IPL cricket.
