With only a few months left for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) to begin, Royal Challengers Bengaluru made a big announcement on Thursday, February 13, naming their new captain to the world. It is worth noting that RCB fans were hoping that Virat Kohli would once again play the role of leader for his franchise, but this could not happen. 31-year-old Rajat Patidar has been chosen as the new captain of RCB.

Yes, this is what has happened. RCB organized a special event on Thursday and announced their new captain and chose Rajat Patidar for this role. Let us tell you that Rajat Patidar has been a part of this team since the year 2021 and has so far scored 799 runs in 27 matches in the IPL at an average of 34.74 and a strike rate of 158.85. He has done the feat of scoring 1 century and 7 half-centuries in this big tournament. Also know that he was retained by RCB for Rs 11 crore before the mega auction.

It is worth noting that Rajat Patidar has now also become a part of a special list. Actually, he will be the eighth captain in the IPL for RCB. Before him, Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Victori, Virat Kohli, Shane Watson, and Faf du Plessis have played this role. Also know that Rajat Patidar is among the top-10 in terms of scoring the most runs for RCB in the IPL.

You will be surprised to know that in the 2022 IPL auction, no team including RCB bought Patidar, but then his luck turned and he joined RCB as a replacement, after which he made a splash in the season by scoring 333 runs in 8 matches at an average of 55.50 and won back the trust of the franchise. Now the time has come that he has become the new captain of RCB.

This is the full squad of RCB for IPL 2025

Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandaage, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Rasik Salam, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Tushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathi and Yash Dayal.