Patidar made his debut for India in home series against England last year (Image Credit:- X)

Middle order batter Rajat Patidar named Royal Challengers Bangalore captain ahead of the upcoming IPL 2025 season. The announcement was made by RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat and head coach Andy Flower.

Recently , Patidar led Madhya Pradesh to the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy , where his side lost to Mumbai. He made his debut for India last year in the home series against England.

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In his IPL career so far he played 27 matches with highest score of 112 with strike rate of 158.85. He made his IPL debut in 2021 with Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Patidar was one of the three players retained by RCB ahead of mega auction. Virat Kohli and Yash Dayal was the other two players retained by RCB. Rajat Patidar was retained for Rs.11 crore.

RCB released South Africa star batter Faf du Plesis who captained them in previous seasons. Rajat Patidar will now become the eight player to lead RCB.

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“I think I’m not looking back. I’m looking forward from here. So as I said, as I mentioned earlier, that we have a lot of experienced players and a lot of experienced leaders also. And I think definitely it will help me as we move forward from here. So as a captain, if , see my way of captaincy is different. So I think I will back my instinct. And at the same time , I’ll ask questions to some of the experienced players, which can help me definitely in my leadership role,” Rajat Patidar said.

“It was a critical decision for RCB. We have had legends. This decision was not easy at all. It was deliberately internally and externally. We feel the decision is good for the franchise – over the next couple of years,” the franchise COO , Rajesh Menon said.

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RCB squad for IPL 2025:- Rajat Patidar (Captain) , Virat Kohli , Yash Dayal , Liam Livingstone , Phil Salt , Jithesh Sharma , Josh Hazlewood , Rasikh Dar , Suyash Sharma , Krunal Pandya , Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Swapnil Singh , Tim David , Romario Shepherd , Nuwan Thusara , Manoj Bhandage , Jacob Bethell , Devdutt Padikkal , Swastik Chhikkara , Lungi Ngidi , Abhinandan Singh , Mohit Rathee.