The mystery is over. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have appointed Rajat Patidar as their captain for IPL 2025 and all subsequent editions instead of preferred choice Virat Kohli. In spite of persistent rumors indicating Kohli might pick up captaincy again the franchise selected a newer candidate to be their brand ambassador.
The RCB authorities made official their three player retainments back in November and thus Kohli and Patidar remained constant contenders. Following his resignation from RCB captaincy it became doubtful that Kohli would return to take the position. The team announced Patidar as captain on Thursday officially. The future of RCB will be led by Patidar who moved into the captaincy position after Kohli stepped down.
During the announcement interview Kohli gave Patidar his support for the next step of his cricket career but revealed to Mo Bapat that he was actually an option to take over captaincy duties. A consensus regarding the next captain was reached by Kohli, Bobat and head coach Andy Flower at their meeting before the 3rd ODI between India and England in Ahmedabad.
Among our important concerns during the meeting was deciding if we would select an Indian or overseas captain. The group expressed powerful convictions in support of an Indian captain for the team. Overseas candidates receive no negative treatment in this matter.
All of us have highly praised this concept yet we assembled an Indian candidate above foreign choices mainly because the league runs in Indian conditions with mainly local players. The combination of insider local knowledge gives someone valuable advantages that help us the most. Operations director Bobat highlighted numerous available choices to the team.
Virat clearly stood as an option but the suggestion also included other names. The fans naturally favored Virat yet many supporters also showed their interest in Rajat. The leadership quality of Virat exceeds any need for a captain’s position to emerge. Almost all of us can observe that leadership functions as his foremost natural instinct.
Leadership seems to naturally fall to me despite all circumstances. The whole leadership demeanor of Fafa’s captaincy was visible to us during the previous season. The outstanding performance of scoring runs and maintaining a high strike rate last season established him as a leading example for the team. He set the tone. He leads in the field.”
Throughout the IPL 2021 second session Kohli accepted the role of resignation as RCB captain. Faf played as RCB captain throughout three seasons so returning to Kohli was the final option for the franchise after his departure.
The captaincy of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians demonstrates a leadership example. Harsh owners at Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings exchanged their former captains MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma with emerging talents Hardik Pandya and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Individual IPL teams make future-oriented investments when buying player assets. Although Kohli might remain at RCB beyond many years the team would never settle for a captaincy decision that moves backward.
RCB: Virat Kohli always a leader
According to Bobat, Kohli continues in his current position no matter what role he plays on the team. In either role Kohli maintains his role as an authoritative leader on the team while he explained to the camera that he will provide Patidar complete backing throughout his leadership.
Kohli stood near Du Plessis’ ears throughout the last three IPL seasons to take over batting responsibilities when Du Plessis was off-field or when the RCB team needed to make a substitution according to the Impact Player rule. The overall plan included viewing towards future development which Patidar perfectly fulfilled this objective.
He has produced three particular moments during which he accomplished run-out successes and wicket-taking feats without any assistance. He sets the tone. The entire field understands that their performance standards rise because Kohli puts pressure on them. Virat initiates everything through his energized personality.
People have witnessed the extent to which Rahul loves intense confrontations and battles because he straightaway positions himself as our main contender to achieve victory. People tend to overlook Virat’s professional approach which includes his practice methods and training sessions and gym habits and food consumption style. He’s an example. Every individual across the world recognizes Virat as a complete leadership figure. According to Bobat he and Andy depend heavily on Kohli.
Faf has relied heavily on him therefore we believe Rajat will follow in similar manner. Our meeting with Virat just this week at Ahmedabad proved to be valuable as it let us spend quality time with him while discussing matters related to his appointment as PD. The noticeable thing about his decision to appoint Rajat was his intense excitement combined with limitless energy. As you can observe in the short video Virat displayed those same emotions.
He’s so pleased for Rajat. Both of us have an appreciation for Rajat’s deserving nature of this chance and Virat stands firmly in his support. We observed genuine passion and high spirits coming from him. This opportunity was an outstanding match due to all our earlier stated arguments concerning Rajat’s qualifications. The world knows Virat fully supports this decision because he stands completely behind Rajat. Rajat finds himself in excellent care with Virat’s support at this moment.
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