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Rajat Patidar Career reach high, announced as new RCB captain for IPL 2025

Rajat Patidar Career reach high, announced as new RCB captain for IPL 2025

Rajat Patidar name is announced as captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2025, that is set to starts on 21 March. The expectation is that Virat Kohli will lead the team as RCB captain again, but this time, Rajat Patidar is announced as captain. This announcement was made on Thursday in Bangalore at an event attended by head coach Andy Flower, team director Mo Bobat, and Patidar.

Rajat Patidar:  A New RCB captain

Rajat Patidar is the 8th captain of the RCB team, and he played three seasons before. He has grown up as a key batter because of his score of 799 runs in 28 matches with a strike rate of 158.85. There is calmness in Rajat, and he will stand in good stead, especially in IPL, Andy Flower said. He also said further, “he is quiet guy, but he care about other players around him. He has all qualities of a leader.”

Mo Bobat confirmed that Kohli was an option. Both Rajat and Virat are credible captaincy auctions, he said. “We didn’t want to go into the auctions with a captaincy option.”

About Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar is a 31-year-old player. He is one of three players in RCB who retained ahead of a mega auction in November last year. That is his first captaincy in IPL, and he captained MP in 2024-25 seasons of the 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy. He is the 2nd highest run scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. That time, he scored 428 runs in 9 innings at an average of 61.14 and a strike rate of 186.08. He made 226 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an average of 56.50 and a strike rate of 107.10 The RCB has already appointing Patidar, but other teams,  Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) are yet to be announce their captains name for coming season

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