IPL 2025: (IPL 2025) There is a big stir about captaincy in the season. While some teams are ready to enter the field with their new captains, some teams are struggling with the absence of their key players. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has taken a big decision and declared young batsman Rajat Patidar as the new captain of the team. This decision is also surprising because earlier the names of Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell were in the news in the race for captaincy. But RCB has played a new bet and handed over the responsibility to Patidar.
New strategy with new captains
This time three new teams have also got new captains in the IPL. Delhi Capitals has handed over the captaincy to L Rahul, who had earlier led the Lucknow Super Giants. At the same time, Lucknow has given the responsibility of its leadership to former Delhi captain Rishabh Pant. Shreyas Iyer, who was the captain of KKR in 2024, will be the new leader of Punjab Kings this time. It is clear from these changes that the teams are reworking their strategy and keeping the future in mind in the selection of captaincy.
While some teams will start their campaign with new captains, three major captains will not be able to participate in IPL 2025 due to injury or other reasons. Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) Hardik will be out of the first match due to suspension. Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) is almost certain to miss the first part of the season due to injury problems. There are reports of Australian captain Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad) also being out of some matches. In the absence of these veteran captains, the teams will have to come up with a new combination, which will add more excitement to the league.
Cricket world's eyes on RCB's decision
The decision to make Rajat Patidar the captain of RCB has surprised cricket lovers. The 30-year-old batsman has performed brilliantly in the last few seasons, but has no major captaincy experience. However, the franchise has given him a chance by linking this decision to future strategy. It will be interesting to see how RCB will perform under Patidar's leadership.
These big changes regarding captaincy in IPL 2025 are making the league more exciting. All the teams will enter the field with new strategic equations, which will give fans tremendous cricket action. Now it will be interesting to see which team takes advantage of these changes and moves towards the trophy.
